The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology (2021)

Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by atoav on Sunday October 22, 2023 @08:26AM (#37974749)

Exactly my point. But if you are a manager, you might wanna consider if that is the incentive structure you wanna have at your organization: People who do good work get "punished" with more work, people who keep it low don't.

I certainly have left jobs because of that.

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Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by ethbr1 on Sunday October 22, 2023 @01:58PM (#37977584)

I think about incentive structures from an opportunity cost standpoint too.

Everyone has finite amounts of time they can spend on work.

Ceteris paribus, if you spend 90% of your time working and 10% politicking, at most companies you will be out promoted by someone who spends 60% of their time working and 40% politicking.

The parallel IC track that tech popularized solves this to some degree... but most non-tech companies don't have that track.

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Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by maayank on Sunday October 22, 2023 @04:11PM (#37978659)

What mechanisms successfully address this?

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