People are using « tokens used » as productivity metric ?! « Tokens used »?!?!? That’s like, the first time « lines of code created » gets beaten for the « worst metric of software engineering » 🫠

@romeu
I once had to explain to HR that a code check in was not a valid metric for a write up of a senior developer. They were angry he wasn't doing as many check ins as the junior developers. I walked them through that he was a code reviewer and that he had more impactful check ins, but they were not convinced.

I then pulled up one of their power points and showed them the version history. I hypothetically asked them why they were not more consistently productive and some days didn't have any updates.

It helped a lot.

I still feel crazy thinking about it.