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I agree, but I think there is a difference between metrics and having data to investigate. A metric is a value you are tracking over time, but when something changes you will likel…

Ha, and I bet there is a metric for that too!

Yeah, it's hard to generalize these kinds of things since companies can operate so differently. I've seen very large companies where everyone can use the same 5 metrics and others …

But it's not always clear what is "green"? For example, New Users going up can be a good thing but New Users going up by a lot can represent a fraud attack. Metrics always require …

YMMV but this is based on my experience building some of the largest analytics platforms like Flurry and Outlier.ai which were used by hundreds of thousands of companies. The only …

That would be true if you didn't assign a cost to each metric that you add. It was when the cost of tracking metrics plummeted that this started to become a problem, as there was n…

YMMV but this was based on dozens of conversations with companies where they spent hours each week reviewing those dozens of dashboards. I was specifically talking about the metric…

I've seen too many companies waste time on metrics theatre, tracking hundreds of metrics while knowing less and less about how the business is actually doing. The more metrics you …

There are two types of metrics you need: Success and Velocity. One tells you where you are going and the other tells if you'll get there.

Hi! (Founder of Outlier.ai here) You are right, our platform is designed to produce the most important insights from massive amounts of data, without requiring human supervision/co…

This is a common solution to the problem of PII, but without any information on returning users I would argue that it's value as an analytics platform is limited. Few are the tools…

If you are not willing to mute/ignore IMs while focusing they can be distracting and reduce productivity. However, if you aren't willing to mute/ignore I think the problem is not w…

I'm disappointed they left QBE ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_by_Example ) out of their history of SQL and relations. SQL vs QBE is one of the great examples of concise tech…

While the post makes a few good points, the underlying proposition is flawed: homework assignments are not abuse. The candidate can refuse to do the assignment if they would like. …

I just did, above. Let me know if you disagree.

Because the harassment itself becomes a limiting factor on women's ability to perform the role. You cannot have objective measurements of performance with the bias introduced by ha…

"Differences in distributions of traits between men and women may in part explain why we don’t have 50% representation of women in tech and leadership. Discrimination to reach equa…

No, that's an over simplification. Until the statistically high rate of sexual harassment and discrimination is addressed we cannot have a valid intellectual debate on whether sex …

No, I wasn't trying to end debate. Your position is, in contrast, an appeal to motive which is a logical fallacy. We cannot expect the people who have been discriminated against an…

That was the entire argument in the Damore essay. He made a logical jump from facts about men and women to the claim that women were less capable as software engineers.