Comment by sarchertech 6 months ago No one is capable of measuring programmer productivity objectively. 7 comments sarchertech Reply throwaway4496 6 months ago You can, if you have clear objectives. nradov 6 months ago Nah. It's impossible, unless you define "productivity" in such a narrow way that it ceases to be relevant to actual business value creation. throwaway4496 6 months ago You just defined it, "business value creation", from there, you narrow it down, short term vs long term, strategic vs revenue generating, and so on.The idea that you can't measure productivity is align with people who think "economics is not science." 4 replies →
throwaway4496 6 months ago You can, if you have clear objectives. nradov 6 months ago Nah. It's impossible, unless you define "productivity" in such a narrow way that it ceases to be relevant to actual business value creation. throwaway4496 6 months ago You just defined it, "business value creation", from there, you narrow it down, short term vs long term, strategic vs revenue generating, and so on.The idea that you can't measure productivity is align with people who think "economics is not science." 4 replies →
nradov 6 months ago Nah. It's impossible, unless you define "productivity" in such a narrow way that it ceases to be relevant to actual business value creation. throwaway4496 6 months ago You just defined it, "business value creation", from there, you narrow it down, short term vs long term, strategic vs revenue generating, and so on.The idea that you can't measure productivity is align with people who think "economics is not science." 4 replies →
throwaway4496 6 months ago You just defined it, "business value creation", from there, you narrow it down, short term vs long term, strategic vs revenue generating, and so on.The idea that you can't measure productivity is align with people who think "economics is not science." 4 replies →
You can, if you have clear objectives.
Nah. It's impossible, unless you define "productivity" in such a narrow way that it ceases to be relevant to actual business value creation.
You just defined it, "business value creation", from there, you narrow it down, short term vs long term, strategic vs revenue generating, and so on.
The idea that you can't measure productivity is align with people who think "economics is not science."
4 replies →