
Should Code Quality Metrics Determine Developer Compensation? A Data-Driven Reality Check
Picture this: It’s performance review season, and your manager slides a colorful dashboard across the table. “Well, Johnson, your cyclomatic complexity is through the roof, and your code coverage barely hits 60%. That’s going to affect your bonus this year.” Sound familiar? Welcome to the brave new world where algorithms might decide if you can afford that extra guac at lunch. The question of whether code quality metrics should determine developer compensation is like asking whether a thermometer should decide if you’re healthy....