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> This take is probably going to be controversial here, but... You then state what seems to be the mainstream view on HN. Certainly I don't see it as controver
by andrewflnr 6y ago
> This take is probably going to be controversial here, but...
You then state what seems to be the mainstream view on HN. Certainly I don't see it as controversial, just kind of obvious
- beaconstudios 6y agoI figure it to be controversial because I see the HN crowd as leaning more towards maths/reductionism/measuring than intuition/holism/feedback and while I'm specifically levying the anti-quantification argument against managers in this case it also applies to that approach in general.
- andrewflnr 6y agoYeah, but OTOH we're mostly software people who have seen first-hand what happens when you try to apply naive metrics to software. In other fields you're more likely to be right.
- SamBam 6y agoA large percent of HN are software developers, and no developer wants to be held to some metric by some non-developer boss.