Comment by wavemode
1 month ago
> shouldn't they just be a special kind of team lead who is expected to mentor full-time and not be subject to metrics?
It sounds like this was precisely the situation, and the author's company did indeed take this very action, in response to seeing the data. So, what is your complaint?
No they didn't. They dropped the metrics for everyone entirely, and Tim's job title is unchanged. The article is arguing metrics are bad and shouldn't be used; I'm arguing metrics are a valuable signal and Tim should have been given a different formal role of mentor.