Devshops of HN - How do you track which projects/ employees are most profitable?

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by mrblues • 13 years ago

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What tool do you use to track your profitability ? How do you know if you made enough income for this month? how do you track growth in hours billed?

38252• 13 years ago

Why do you want to track which employees are most profitable? How do you define profitable?

mrblues• 13 years ago

a profitable employee is one who generates the most income

it is important mainly to identify which employees are not profitable, especially in fixed price projects.

do you run a devshop?

38252• 13 years ago

No, I do not run one but I work in one. I am just curious. I hope you are not operating on a very razor-thin margin.

Most programmers are very opinionated. It is very easy to ask them about their opinion on how to improve the project, how to decrease cost, and so on. I'd suggest doing that as it costs pretty much nothing extra.

From reading Jeff Atwood, my opinion is that the person who goes above and beyond to make himself replaceable is the one you want to keep. I am not a manager though and I am sure there is a lot more to it than I know.

Devshops of HN - How do you track which projects/ employees are most profitable?

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