[xingped]

Unfortunately you're indexed on and promoted based on how much code you write, not how little. There's a very real reason the meme of "promotion driven development" exists. You'll never get favorable review making sound choices that minimize the amount of new code that is needed. Believe me, I tried.

[Isamu]

Not quite lines of code.

The person who takes a business problem and proposes an expansive solution that requires a big team that they lead to victory, that person climbs the ranks.

The person that takes the same business problem and carefully simplifies both the problem and the solution, and delivers it themselves, is rewarded but not at all like the team leader.

[jghn]

You're indexed on, and promoted based on how much value you provide. LOC is not the same as value.

If I can close 100 tickets with less code than someone else, I've still closed 100 tickets.

[xingped]

Gee wouldn't it be nice to live in your perfect little fantasy world where all managers are perfect and capable people and have more than two brain cells to tell the difference.

[jghn]

I've been a professional developer for going on 30 years now. I have never once seen anyone measured by lines of code. That died out before my time.

I've seen a host of other imperfect measuring sticks, including the "tickets" metric I cited. But the post to which I was replying said that people are judged on how much code they write.