Measuring engineering without reducing people to numbers.
What we've learned analyzing the performance of thousands of tech teams, in straightforward articles for people who manage both people and systems.
Developer turnover: the role of a career path
A career ladder for developers is the set of levels, criteria and conversations that shows each person in tech what is expected of them today and what has to change for them to grow. Without one, departures tend to arrive without warning and, according to Gallup, cost from half to twice the person’s annual salary. […]
Understanding Devint’s evaluation dimensions
Automatic signals, leadership reviews, configurable weights, and ranges with a ceiling: how Devint reads each dimension.
Approaches to developer evaluation
What each developer evaluation model incentivizes and where each one falls short.
Benefits of a performance evaluation model
What changes when the tech team starts being evaluated with rigor, and what to avoid during implementation.