Engineering Effectiveness

The article says fulfilled engineers are trusted to solve hard problems and ship real code rather than relying on workplace amenities. The article frames deteriorating code quality, velocity loss, and engineer departures as signs of poor engineering effectiveness. The article argues that workflow friction should be addressed before spending on perks. Retention failures, velocity losses, and quality degradation are described as costs of unresolved organizational problems. Engineering leaders should diagnose effectiveness by asking whether developers are solving meaningful problems.