[mb22]

I wonder if this is a misunderstanding on accountability. The demo days hold people accountable to others AND themselves.

There is a general movement to eschew accountability which is a huge mistake because this concept is critical in continuous improvement.

[JohnBooty]

I don't understand how a senior developer partnering with juniors rather than crushing tasks solo equates to eschewing accountability -- especially if the goal is "continuous improvement" of the engineering org.

Although, it's not like the first time I've seen it expressed that senior engineers should outproduce juniors in terms of individual tasks/storypoints, and spend lots of time mentoring and pairing with juniors. Which I think is what you're getting at?

I disagree mightily with that. Those goals are in conflict and emphasizing individual stats is more or less the emperor of all perverse incentives. Instead, I favor the traditional agile/scrum emphasis on team velocity.