There's an utterly ridiculous "study" out from Stanford about "ghost engineers" which are reportedly engineers who do nothing at companies.
Pray tell, what flawed methodology did this "study" use?
It assessed code changes made by these engineers, not by lines of code changed but by "simulating a panel of 10 experts to evaluate each commit"
This fatally flawed study does not account for:
- management & planning
- research to unblock work
- collaboration with other staff
- helping other staff
Emelia 👸🏻
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