In this case it's a real bummer because it's as if a perfectly fine article was then cut into little pieces, with some of them swapping position. It takes very little to improve it lots, e.g.
> We’re outspoken advocates for tracking time. After all, we are a team of software developers who willingly and knowingly created an application specifically for the purpose of time tracking, right? Our philosophy is simple: time tracking is like fitness tracking, it’s a way for you, as an individual, to assess yourself. We think that it’s totally normal and healthy for developers to want to own their time in a quantifiable way, measure their own abilities, and master their craft.
> But it’s no secret that most developers have a visceral reaction to the very idea of tracking time, and the truth is that most companies do time tracking entirely wrong. The reason why developers hate tracking time so much and fight tooth-and-nail against the idea of having to log hours is because companies have royally screwed it up, they’ve taken a tool that could give people more ownership over their own work and distorted it into a mechanism for managers to exert control over their team. It’s like the company’s way of saying, “Sure, we trust you to do your job… but – just in case – we’re watching you.” What kind of employee-employer relationship do you think that creates?
> With almost anything in life, there’s a right way to do things and a wrong way, and time tracking is absolutely no different. It can be an effective tool for helping developers own and improve their own abilities, but only if management resists the temptations to use it in other ways. In most cases, if the developers on your team hate time tracking, it’s because of how it’s being implemented (or because they have PTSD from a previous job where it was implemented poorly.)
