It’s common to illustrate the software development process in parallels with how the construction world works. It is a discipline of “engineering” after all, and what’s a better known field of “engineering” than constructing a building or a house. Unfortunately, while a lot of it is helpful to put things into perspective, it also causes…
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Employee Retention Is A Terrible Metric
A lot of engineering managers get this as part of their KPIs – employee retention. I’ve definitely had to deal with it at some point in my career and it wasn’t a particularly motivating objective. Don’t get me wrong – I get why this is important to most companies. We spend months or even years…