According to Stanford's Yegor Denisov-Blanch, almost 10% of software engineers are termed 'ghost engineers,' showing virtually no productivity. The analysis of over 50,000 engineers reveals that these ghost engineers produce as little as one-tenth the work of a median engineer. This phenomenon isn't just limited to remote workers—guys in the office seem to show more productivity on average, though remote workers may have higher outlier performers.
Denisov-Blanch emphasizes the importance of examining the substantive content of code commits, rather than merely counting them, to assess actual developer productivity. This means analyzing the impact each commit has on the codebase, which can illuminate the disparity in performance and reveal the presence of ghost engineers contributing little to no effort in coding.
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