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I feel like leetcode is a Goodhart's Law thing. When nobody was cramming for it, then at some places it was a good measure. Coding is more like weight lifting
by adamgordonbell 3y ago
I feel like leetcode is a Goodhart's Law thing. When nobody was cramming for it, then at some places it was a good measure.
Coding is more like weight lifting sometimes then running. There are some weights that some people just can't pick up. And so if the job involves lifting things that are usually light but occasionally heavy, then a squat becomes a good measure for candidate.
But once everyone knows a big squat is the way in, they train squats, they show up in lift suits, they use amyl nitrates and the whole thing stops being a good measure.
Because on the job you don't squat in a squat rack, but pick things up where they are found, in the conditions on the ground.
Goodheart's law breaks things, because now you have a bunch of people optimized for a task that isn't exactly the job.
- mooreds 3y ago> Goodheart's law breaks things, because now you have a bunch of people optimized for a task that isn't exactly the job. Companies lose another way too. Folks who might be darn good at picking things up decide it isn't worth the focused training to get into companies that only seem to care about squatting, so they don't apply.
- adamgordonbell 3y agoYeah, I feel like any measure like this starts as a way to measure a proxy for IQ. But as it becomes a known thing, people train for it and it becomes a measure of conscientiousness (In the big five sense, aka diligent trainers rise to the top).
- reaperman 3y ago> they use amyl nitrates I think you meant ammonia. Poppers would cause an acute decrease in blood pressure which would be counterproductive during the lifting phase with a heavy weight.