https://deemar.net/tags/work/ Recent content in Work on deemar.net Hugo en-us <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a> Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:00:09 +1000 https://deemar.net/posts/some-thoughts-on-metrics/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:00:09 +1000 https://deemar.net/posts/some-thoughts-on-metrics/ <p>I&rsquo;ve been catching up on podcasts, and a few weeks ago I listened to episode 673 of 99% Invisible - <a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/673-the-score/">The Score</a>. Most of the discussion focuses on how metrics have become prevalent in our modern life, and how maximising a particular metric is often not taking us to the goal that we had intended. These thoughts resonated with me, as my perception from my working career is that metrics usually have a whole host of unintended consequences, and often seem to do more damage than good.</p>