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Imagine the kinds of social maneuvering that would start to happen if competence were strongly ascertained from other engineers on the team. Goodheart's Law app
by ummonk 4y ago
Imagine the kinds of social maneuvering that would start to happen if competence were strongly ascertained from other engineers on the team. Goodheart's Law applies to all metrics, but this one is particularly likely to undermine a workplace.
- reducesuffering 4y agoThe alternative is that right now, all that social maneuvering is focused on the IC to the manager. It's much more difficult for the IC to social maneuver all the different IC's into a facade of competence, than to be competent or focus all the bs on a single manager.