Dec 16, 2024 · Put simply, ghost engineers are what happens when systems fail teams. Instead of blaming individuals, leaders need to ask harder questions: Are we overstaffed? Are we measuring the right things? Are engineers being given …

Nov 28, 2024 · The latest catchphrase to describe working less is "ghost engineer" — and it comes not from burnt-out employees but from a Stanford researcher whose team has developed an algorithm to help tech...

Nov 29, 2024 · Ghost engineers are developers with significantly low productivity, affecting team performance. This article explains who they are, why they matter, and how to identify and manage them.

Ghost engineers aren’t necessarily lazy; they’re often stuck in bad processes, unclear priorities, or team setups where their work just… doesn’t show up. But here’s the problem: while they blend into the background, they’re quietly draining your team’s productivity, budgets, and morale.

What are ‘Ghost Engineers’? Denisov-Blanch uses the term “ghost engineers” to describe employees who are at least 90% less productive than their average colleagues.

What Are Ghost Engineers? A ghost engineer is someone who’s on the team, joins meetings, gets tasks assigned, and still gets paid, but their work barely moves the needle. It’s not always because they’re slacking.

Nov 27, 2024 · Ghost Engineers, as determined by his algorithm, perform at less than 10 percent of the median software engineer (as in, they are measured as being 10 times worse/less productive than the median worker).

Dec 10, 2024 · There is a new viral tweet circulating, which states that 9.5% of all engineers—are ghost engineers. Their performance is <0.1x of a median engineer, they do virtually no work, and they might work multiple jobs, thus collecting 2x-5x of an average engineering salary.

Dec 5, 2024 · What are ‘Ghost Engineers’? Denisov-Blanch uses the term “ghost engineers” to describe employees who are at least 90% less productive than their average colleagues.

Dec 8, 2024 · Are ‘ghost engineers’ real? Seeking Silicon Valley’s least productive coders. A Stanford researcher says data on programmer productivity suggests 14 percent of remote software engineers get ...