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Why are some people defending billionaires and corporations? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, I guess isn't not really about simple vs. complex for me, I don't mind having to research, break down, or even delegate; but I want to clear goal. "Improve the login flow" is a task I hate, and probably won't do well or fast. "Allow Yubikey as an alternative to Google Authenticator for our 2FA" is something I can knock out, even if I'm totally new to the code base (and I've not yet ever used the Google Authenticator API or a Yubikey).

I know metrics make for poor goals (Goodhart's Law) but I like a task that is metric-driven. I do tend to be careful to not be overly fixated on the metric and rather the improvement it's meant to reflect.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Gotcha. Yeah, you and me both then, I feel exactly the same way. “Improved login” is such an undefined and wide space to begin with. Something like that is what a low executive function brain would ask for.

    I’d say, you operate at a higher level, sounds to me like you are very good at executive level thinking. You see the problem space for what it is, and undefined is an awful place to be, since there is so many avenues that would fulfill the “request”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to walk people through how to provide useful requirements :)

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