Dare ObasanjoMar 30, 2023

Microsoft performance reviews ask how have you leveraged the work of others and how have you helped other people. This actively incentivizes collaboration and reduces not invented here.

It’s an effective way to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to culture.

Show threadDare ObasanjoMar 30, 2023

Most tech company performance reviews ask questions that are more like how have you self promoted and empire built this year?

This is how you end up with situations like Deepmind & Google Brain fighting each other instead of collaborating.

Bill LummisMar 30, 2023
Show threadAlex Stamos
@carnage4life Almost every Big Tech culture pathology can be traced back to what the perf review system rewards. At FB, it’s metrics.
Mar 30, 2023 at 11:56amWeb
Show threadKevin MarksMar 30, 2023
@alex @carnage4life A friend at MSFT had a bonus based on bugs fixed and QA had one based on bugs found. This meant every time they found a tiny glitch they didn't fix it, but tipped off a QA colleague to log it so they could both get paid.
Show threadBrian GawaltMar 30, 2023
@KevinMarks @alex @carnage4life can really kick this into high gear if you start sneaking in the bugs on purpose
Show threadshulhanMar 30, 2023
@KevinMarks @alex @carnage4life This remind me an anecdote about cobra effect in India.
Show threadKevin MarksMar 30, 2023
@shuLhan @alex @carnage4life see also https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7103882-rats-had-featured-largely-in-the-history-of-ankh-morpork-shortly
A quote from Soul Music

Rats had featured largely in the history of Ankh-Morpork. Shortly before the Patrician came to power there was a terrible plague of rats. The city counci...