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Ask HN: How do you measure developers productivity?

1 pointsby jsifaldaover 6 years ago
Hey guys, i am wondering, how do you measure productivity of developers in your team? I have been using RescueTime app but is too general, not focused on developers. Also, i tried WakaTime plugin into code editor, but it is saying a much... just general stats. Any tips which data collect? Or how to measure collected data? Eg. number of commits a day, number of pull requests? Lines added vs lines removed? Etc?<p>Thanks in advance George

3 comments

bemmuover 6 years ago
This sounds like trying to judge a visual artist based on how many liters of paint they used, or installing a security camera to monitor how long they sat in front of their canvas.
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iambenover 6 years ago
When I worked as a dev in an agency - I _hated_ with a passion anything that felt like it was tracking my time or productivity. It made me not want to be there and made me felt like the time I spent figuring out how to do my job was wrong. Maybe I&#x27;m being oversensitive, but it just felt so untrusting.<p>Working for myself I use Harvest. Start the clock when I&#x27;m working on something, stop it when I&#x27;m not. That gives me a decent idea on how to charge for what I do.
jki275over 6 years ago
give reasonable deadlines and ask them to meet them.<p>any of the metrics you&#x27;re asking about are useless for measuring developer productivity.
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