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0 pointsdijit1mo ago0 comments

> HN is filled with people who think engineering productivity is simple to measure.

I think the prevailing (correct) consensus is that developer productivity is actually very hard to measure, and every time it is attempted the measure is immediately made a target making the whole thing pointless even if it had been a solid measurement- which it wasn't.

IDK where you're getting the idea here that measuring productivity of anyone who isn't a factory worker is easy.

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hyperpape1mo ago

I do not think it is easy, like I said. I am saying other people are acting like it’s easy.

See the second comment on this article. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47976781

See @emp17344 responding to me.

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tomjakubowski1mo ago

Is it easy to measure a factory worker's productivity? It would seem surprising and interesting if every job's productivity is hard to measure except for one particular kind.

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