OK, I'll bite. I think if you're a technical team lead in a large organization, it is rather your job to point out what's working and what's not working from a technical perspective. If managers could figure this out, they most likely would not end up being people managers after all (insert if those kids could read meme.jpg). Sadly, nowadays even the most large tech companies have enough red tape and bullshit going on (OKRs, alignments, escalations, Q4 plannings, weekly 1:1s with all reports etc) to keep people managers full-time occupied. Most people managers nowadays neither have the chops to understand the work that's taking place on the ground, nor have the time to track it.
So it falls on a tech lead to point out who are the sailors in the ship that are not rowing (or worse paddling backwards). I'm not saying "go build a git commit counter dashboard" but if you're working with dozens of people and it appears someone isn't delivering a lot of work lately, it helps you double check your assumption. (Again, not saying commits are a good metric.)
This blog post is definitely relatable to most of us because we join teams that are somewhat dysfunctional, and if you have the influence capital and the chops to turn that team into a place where hiring is done properly, people have motivated and the right amount of work and the room to grow, I think you can turn the ship around. Or maybe I'm too naïve and have a lot more to learn.
So it falls on a tech lead to point out who are the sailors in the ship that are not rowing (or worse paddling backwards). I'm not saying "go build a git commit counter dashboard" but if you're working with dozens of people and it appears someone isn't delivering a lot of work lately, it helps you double check your assumption. (Again, not saying commits are a good metric.)
This blog post is definitely relatable to most of us because we join teams that are somewhat dysfunctional, and if you have the influence capital and the chops to turn that team into a place where hiring is done properly, people have motivated and the right amount of work and the room to grow, I think you can turn the ship around. Or maybe I'm too naïve and have a lot more to learn.