Mastodawn

One of the worst mistakes of my career. I failed to manage up, got caught in the 'single metric bias' trap and publically shouted at an exemplary lead engineer.

I wrote up the story in the hope it helps anyone faced with the same situation avoid the same mistake.

https://thelittlestcto.com/blog/you-dont-care-about-quality-a-story-of-single-metric-bias

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"You don't care about quality" A story of single metric bias

This was not a high point in my career. It's a story of single metric bias, how I let one measure become a 'source of truth', failed to manage up and ended up yelling at one of the most respected engineers in my team.