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New comment by throwaway92837 in "The worst programmer I know"

throwaway92837 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:08:32 +0000

They measured by the perceived output of the team. Give them credit for being self-serving, at a minimum.

throwaway92837 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:05:18 +0000

Management doesn’t always know what they are building is correct.

They are going to manage risk of low quality with risk of wrong product.

throwaway92837 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:03:53 +0000

I would be interested to know your career history in more depth.

To my understanding even IBM in the 70s had stupid ways of measuring productivity (KLOCs?).

throwaway92837 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 15:54:17 +0000

Right. This is where you would think the AI assistance could play an important role:

Warning: it looks like you’re trying to pack too much crap into a single PR and your peers are unlikely to understand what they are accepting.

throwaway92837 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 15:48:54 +0000

Why marketing before product?

throwaway92837 — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:03:48 +0000

It’s not trustworthy until dozens of independent labs across several countries can validate it.

throwaway92837 — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:54:38 +0000

> there was never a real change in their diet or exercise

Don’t you think that could have been the reason their health continued to fail?