RE: Auditing Programmers

[Chris Bipes <rpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed.  I was one of them years ago.  My point is they are burning CPU
cycles but not very productive from a production point of view.  They are
learning which is good and hopefully gaining productivity.  Monitoring
programmers is not easy, it is the managers hardest task.  The manager has
to weigh the cost/benefit for a programmer.  Are they getting faster and
more accurate?  Do they have good work habits?  Can they develop solutions
to your business needs?  Do they fit the companies needs?  How can I monitor
that on system?  Sorry don't waste your time auditing programmers system
use.  It just does not measure their productivity.

IMSO!

Christopher K. Bipes     mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Sr. Programmer/Analyst   mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin, Booth [mailto:BoothM@goddard.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 8:28 AM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Auditing Programmers


In my opinion they are.  Learning is reptitive, so they are learning, one
step at a time.  Much quicker than the alternative.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Bipes [mailto:rpg@cross-check.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 11:02 AM
To: boothm@goddard.edu
Subject: RE: Auditing Programmers


I have worked with very green programmers who use the compiler to find all
their syntax errors.  They submit compiles of the same program 20-40 times a
day fixing one error at a time.  Are they really working hard?  They sure
burn the CPU cycles.
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