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An old Dilbert cartoon had the pointy haired boss declare monetary rewards for every fixed bug in their product. Wally went back to his desk murmuring "today I'
by abraxas 1y ago
An old Dilbert cartoon had the pointy haired boss declare monetary rewards for every fixed bug in their product. Wally went back to his desk murmuring "today I'm going to code me a minivan!"
- LordDragonfang 1y agohttps://i.imgur.com/tyXXh1d.png https://i.imgur.com/tyXXh1d.png My manager has it pinned on the breakroom wall.
- bravesoul2 1y agoSorry what's the minivan reference?
- angus-g 1y agoI assume a cycle of write bug -> fix bug -> get paid until they can afford a new car!
- amoshebb 1y agoit's just a stand-in for "expensive but relatable purchase". He's saying "I'm about to write so many bugs that the sum reward will be in the tens of thousands"
- windward 1y agoIt's also foolish. Any true PHB has caps on bonuses linked to output that would be too low to enable a minivan.
- bombcar 1y agoIt would have been a sports car but Wally’s not the type.
- pjdesno 1y agoThe strip came out in 1995, at the peak of the minivan boom, with around 1.3M units sold that year.
- mojo74 1y agoThe Perverse incentive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
- boboddy 1y agoNow I'm wondering if this story[0] I read long ago is just a written form of the comic, or if any company actually tried this. [0]: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/The-Defect-Black-Market https://thedailywtf.com/articles/The-Defect-Black-Market
- synecdoche 1y agoGoodhart's law - When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure