*But anyway, back to Austin, the Harvard professor. His point is that incentive ...

But anyway, back to Austin, the Harvard professor. His point is that incentive plans based on measuring performance always backfire. Not sometimes. Always.

Always?!?

Normally, I like Joel's writings, but I have to say this is the dumbest thing I've ever read on hn.

I guess that's why Austin's a Harvard professor earning a living on the bequests of people who know how to implement incentive systems.