[atria]

Too funny. I would love to see how they identify a 10x person from an 8x person.

I worked at a fortune 500 company that measured productivity via a ticketing system. "Write a device driver" was measured the same as "Change 'OK' to 'Accept' on a button." Guess what the 10x'ers did all day and what got assiged to consultants like me?

I worked at another fortune 500 company that measured programmer productivity via a ticketing system, and they focused on issues. I finished my work 6 months early with no bugs or issues, but the outsourced labor continiously generated as many issues as they fixed to the tune of roughly 80% reopen rate.

They told me I they weren't going to extend my contract and I laughed and told the lead -- I finished my work six months early with no bugs, and you are going to let me go and keep the guys to write as many bugs as fixes. They kept me and let six other overseas contractors go.

I could give dozens of other examples how people are smart enough to game the system.