It's definitely a large field, and management is hard in its own way. The way to measure developer performance is easy though: you have to look back instead of

It's definitely a large field, and management is hard in its own way. The way to measure developer performance is easy though: you have to look back instead of forward, then you see what people get (or rather: got) done. Sure, if you're an idealist and aren't used to estimation, you tend to underestimate the effort for a given feature or bug.