It's just a success metric + an activity Tenured (metric) + professor (activity). He defined his, same as you did: Good (metric) + programmer (activity) The

It's just a success metric + an activity Tenured (metric) + professor (activity). He defined his, same as you did: Good (metric) + programmer (activity) The activity is just what people find interesting and the metric is what you strive toward. Imposing the idea that the only reason you pursue originality is so that they can't get sacked is a very wild take.