The Limitations of Quantitative Metrics in Developer Productivity

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This chapter critiques the reliance on singular metrics for assessing developer productivity, pointing out their potential for manipulation. It highlights the significance of qualitative evaluations and the necessity for managers to engage with their teams to accurately understand productivity and identify bottlenecks.

Damien Filiatrault is the founder and CEO of Scalable Path, a software staffing agency that matches companies and startups with vetted, remote software developers. The company was founded in 2010, and since then has worked on hundreds of client projects and has built a freelance network with 35,000 remote developers in 177 countries.

Damien joins the podcast to talk about software engineering management, the state of the software engineering job market, the challenge of hiring engineers, measuring productivity, and more.

Full Disclosure: This episode is sponsored by Scalable Path.

Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from information visualization to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is Head of Marketing and Developer Relations at Skyflow and host of the podcast Partially Redacted, a podcast about privacy and security engineering. You can connect with Sean on Twitter @seanfalconer.