Topic

Goodhart's law and performance metrics

2 mentions in 1 episode

The hosts discuss how numerical targets can encourage workers to prioritize the measured quantity over the quality of their work.

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Jan 24, 2019

4:11
They did a really good article on Goodhart's Law, and it's when targets and metrics are bad for business.
5:06
why would you want people to write more code? Wouldn't you want better code