I am open to interpretation. Where I am coming from right now is project completion time, when our tyrannical overlords force us to record utterly meaningless

I am open to interpretation. Where I am coming from right now is project completion time, when our tyrannical overlords force us to record utterly meaningless metrics (SLOC) using tools that make it harder, not easier (our line-counter). I'm just curious if this is something that startups even have to worry about.