Anyone have strong reactions to McKinsey's developer productivity report at https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/yes-you-can-measure-software-developer-productivity?

I didn't, but Kent Beck sure did, in https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/measuring-developer-productivity. And I'm confused, because to me the report seems frankly quite anodyne.

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For sure lots of obvious stuff in the article. What has surprised me is string reactions from giants of our field!

> …after discovering relatively low contribution from developers new to the organization, reexamined their onboarding and personal mentorship program.

Low contributions from devs new to the organization shouldn't be too surprising, as they are still in the process of learning the codebase and workflows. 🤔