See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law - _in general_ once you start using metrics to reward and punish p

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law - _in general_ once you start using metrics to reward and punish people, that will break down. It’s by no means limited to software engineering.