* Posts by AndiMann

3 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Nov 2017

Splunk prototyping DevOps efficiency measurement tool

AndiMann

Heh, perhaps not. But Catbert would approve! And at least they both can use data to make hiring decisions, rather than just sticking a finger in the wind. Or worse. just telling the existing team to work smarter/harder/faster.

Plus, it helps keep contract devs in work, so it's not all bad, right?

Andi.

AndiMann

Re: Happy/sad buttons

My, that is quite the dystopian perspective you have there! Not sure why you'd assume any of that.

Rest assured, it is nothing so nefarious. It is entirely voluntary; they are not in a room with just 1 person; the data is really anonymous.

Which just makes sense. They are trying to hire and keep good people. Forced metrics would not help that mission. In fact, everything you suggest would just drive good people away, and totally defeat the purpose.

It is, however, a fair point that metrics can be gamed, on both sides; context is always important; and one-off data points will rarely tell a whole story.

Andi.

AndiMann

Re: 'Mann said...

LOL, nice. It does seem that way. But in my defence, these are all real things, that is actually how it is packaged, and this is what my customers wanted.

Not that this is any excuse.

I'll show myself out. ;)

Andi.