battling your biased brain
src: Battling your Biased Brain By Peter Wessels - Invidious - 2023-10-04
Abstract
He presented 3 biased we encountered in our software engineering life:
- IKEA effect: when labour leads to love
- consider third-party products
- make your choices explicit (e.g. with ADR)
- Bandwagon effect: jump on the hype train
- be aware of your bias: identify when you join a majority
- educate yourself with the hype-cycle
- in case of new tech
- what problem does it solve?
- do I have that problem?
- do I understand the trade-off?
- what complexity does it add?
- be aware of the survivor bias
- Bike shedding effect: wasting your time on trivial tasks
- automate your trivial matters
- make your meetings worth your time
- set a goal for each meeting
- keep on-topic: focus on outcomes
- use feedback loops
- dedicate time for complex matters