That’s right. Managers and very senior software developers rarely if ever make code commits. At my company, we “add value” by reviewing, coaching, coordinating “code commits” of the developers. However, my company has a 9:1 developer to manager ratio.
If I bought a company that had a 1:1 developer to manager ratio, I might start arbitrarily firing middle managers as well.
My uneducated guess would be that Twitter employed less developers/coders than would be normal because most of their stuff was made by CIA/Mossad/MI5/[insert intelligence agency of your choice here] and just implanted as-is into their operating backbone by the boardroom class.
I could be wrong, I'd leave that likelihood to guess as a percentage to you though.
You would also have to weigh the value of the code commits and if they are overseeing other people who are doing a lot of work too.
I mean, if you are managing 20 people and only 2 of them are working, that means you aren't working and those 2 can be shifted to a manager who has 20 people with 18 working and 2 needing to be laid off.
That’s right. Managers and very senior software developers rarely if ever make code commits. At my company, we “add value” by reviewing, coaching, coordinating “code commits” of the developers. However, my company has a 9:1 developer to manager ratio.
If I bought a company that had a 1:1 developer to manager ratio, I might start arbitrarily firing middle managers as well.
Very interesting thanks for sharing that.
My uneducated guess would be that Twitter employed less developers/coders than would be normal because most of their stuff was made by CIA/Mossad/MI5/[insert intelligence agency of your choice here] and just implanted as-is into their operating backbone by the boardroom class.
I could be wrong, I'd leave that likelihood to guess as a percentage to you though.
You would also have to weigh the value of the code commits and if they are overseeing other people who are doing a lot of work too.
I mean, if you are managing 20 people and only 2 of them are working, that means you aren't working and those 2 can be shifted to a manager who has 20 people with 18 working and 2 needing to be laid off.
I think I saw something about nine managers to every coder at T