I knew a superstar developer who worked on reports in an SQL tool. In the company metrics, the developer scored 420 points per month, the second developer scored 60 points. “Please learn how to score more points from the leader”, the boss would say.
The superstar developer’s secret… he would send blank reports to clients (who would only realize it days later, and someone else would end up redoing the report), and he would score many more points without doing anything.
I’ve seen this happen a lot in many different companies. As a friend of mine used to say, “it’s very rare, but it happens all the time.”
I have no doubt that AI can help developers, but I don’t trust the metrics of the CEO or people who work on AI, because they are too involved in the subject.
Honestly I doubt he got away with this for long (unless it was a very dysfunctional org). Being the best gets you noticed (in a good way), and screwing people over gets you noticed too (in a bad way), the combination of the two paints a target on your back.
I don't know what you're implying - I have had a few instances in my career when I went above and beyond and while I didn't receive too much praise for my efforts directly, after a while I noticed people who had no business knowing who I was, actually did.
Now, I was really bad at capitalizing on it, so nothing much came of it, but still, there are some positive things that higher-ups do notice.
The superstar developer’s secret… he would send blank reports to clients (who would only realize it days later, and someone else would end up redoing the report), and he would score many more points without doing anything. I’ve seen this happen a lot in many different companies. As a friend of mine used to say, “it’s very rare, but it happens all the time.”
I have no doubt that AI can help developers, but I don’t trust the metrics of the CEO or people who work on AI, because they are too involved in the subject.