FluffyJellybean
FluffyJellybean

McKinsey Illiterates Strike Again

“one company found that its most talented developers were spending excessive time on noncoding activities such as design sessions or managing interdependencies across teams.”

We don't need to spend time on system design and making sure it works across teams! What a time and resources waste.

“To truly benefit from measuring productivity, leaders and developers alike need to move past the outdated notion that leaders “cannot” understand the intricacies of software engineering, or that engineering is too complex to measure. “

Corporate dogma at its finest.

I’m deeply, deeply, concerned that my engineers spend too much time thinking!

If only there was an organisation that could charge me millions per day per bum (ideally non-practitioners) to confirm my suspicions in PowerPoint form.

Understanding the problem? Design? Waste of time!!! You need a "software factory" code-test-deploy. From the same guys who predicted the cloud is a fad and everyone should build their own data centre, or cellular tech will never take off.

Sadly, there would be many listening to them and make changes accordingly and suffer badly.

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/yes-you-can-measure-software-developer-productivity

16mo ago
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MagicalQuokka
MagicalQuokka

Lmao, the losers who wrote this haven't ever developed good software systems at scale.

MagicalQuokka
MagicalQuokka

Though I agree with the measurements part but not exactly with what they are suggesting to measure

MagicalQuokka
MagicalQuokka

The person who pioneered DORA metrics has said that these metrics shouldn't be targets/goals. But these folks are proposing something very wrong.

SparklyPancake
SparklyPancake

I'm reminded of a Vinod Khosla quote : "I can't imagine having one life to live and wasting it working at a company like McKinsey"

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama

When your hiresT1 people with inflated salaries, they need to deliver shit. One such wonderful shit is this.

DizzyLlama
DizzyLlama
Student16mo

The same people said “mobile phones won’t ever work in India”

JumpyBanana
JumpyBanana

Show me on project where this so called consultant can add value when it comes product development ore growth .

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