Incentives, Not Education: The Key to Solving Code Quality Issues
2025-02-15
Google once tried using a color-coded food program to encourage healthy eating among its employees, overlooking the impact of stress and time constraints. Similarly, addressing code quality issues shouldn't solely focus on educating engineers about coding standards. Instead, it's crucial to consider incentive mechanisms. Engineers writing poor code aren't necessarily lacking knowledge; they might be under pressure to meet deadlines or overwhelmed by demanding tasks. Therefore, the key to improving code quality lies in improving the work environment, providing adequate time, and establishing reasonable incentive systems, rather than simply emphasizing knowledge education.
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