What's a horrible metric to measure a software developer's performance?

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5 years ago

How many times have you been burnt as a software developer because story points were used to measure your performance. I hear you: Story Points Are A Horrible Metric For Software Engineers.

Reasons: - Not all story points are equal - Larger story points don’t mean a bigger impact - Story points give away too much flexibility and encourage less accountability - Senior engineers may have less coding time

Let me know your thoughts.

https://towardsdatascience.com/why-story-points-are-a-horrible-metric-for-software-engineers-421bc8971f11

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