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0 pointssushid3y ago0 comments

Heirs? Kickstarter isn't a dynasty by any stretch of imagination. High performers in tech are in fact allergic to unions. I guarantee you that the highest paid FANG engineers would never in a million years even consider applying to a unionized tech company.

Do you know how hard it is to already weed out underperformers in large tech companies? I wouldn't be surprised if half of Kickstarter's engineers pumped out fewer than 3 PRs a week. Only the underperformers will choose to stay in the long run.

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lostcolony3y ago

>> I wouldn't be surprised if half of Kickstarter's engineers pumped out fewer than 3 PRs a week.

Ah yes. That always super meaningful metric of high performance - number of PRs. Doesn't matter what it is, if you can't solve it and push some code in less than two days, it's a clear indicator you're a terrible engineer.

sushidOP3y ago

I'm not saying that is the only barometer I would use if I were measuring performance but again, I'd be surprised if you told me that an average Kickstarter now was anywhere close to being as productive (whatever metric you'd like to use) before their unionization.

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lostcolony3y ago

>> I wouldn't be surprised if half of Kickstarter's engineers pumped out fewer than 3 PRs a week.

sushidOP3y ago

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