Comment by cofounderYC17

Sounds like you've never heard about Agile/Scrum and the software lifecycle. Developers are resources, they get allocated on a set of tasks. Have you ever heard of velocity? It's the number of tasks a group of developers can complete in one single iteration. It's called productivity. Welcome to the modern world my friend, it is indeed a factory out there and I don't know where you work but it might be outdated. You should google about the Software lifecycle. It's good to know if you're in the software business.