* Posts by Dave Long

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How should software developers be paid?

Dave Long

Do you really want to repeat yourself?

I'm not sure that giving bonuses to developers for the number of lines of code they write is a good idea, it encourages developers to break the DRY principal which makes code hard to maintain but not necessarily bugridden. Meeting deadlines ( based on a certain number of 'points' for important tasks to be completed for a release ) and writing good code ( low number of bugs and good performance ) would be a better indicator as to how your team has performed during a period of time and reward those who have worked hard towards a project.

This would of course be judged by an experienced team leader / manager who would have to know their way around code ( and the business ) to a certain degree.