Comment Voting for peers? (Score 2) 88
The article notes "At Novell, we just added a new title: distinguished engineer. To become a distinguished engineer, you have to get elected by your peers."
Has anyone actually seen this in practice?
I would be very concerned that this type of popularity contest might have a negative effect in the workplace. What if Joe/Josephine Friendly wins since he is always popular in the meetings, but you have been busy fixing all the bugs he/she wrote.
I would be more in favor of a source control sytem that allowed you to moderate and rate the last persons check-in.
Has anyone actually seen this in practice?
I would be very concerned that this type of popularity contest might have a negative effect in the workplace. What if Joe/Josephine Friendly wins since he is always popular in the meetings, but you have been busy fixing all the bugs he/she wrote.
I would be more in favor of a source control sytem that allowed you to moderate and rate the last persons check-in.
