Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]

	Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf](web.mit.edu)
	507 points by sam_bristow 11 hours ago \| 169 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↑Personal anecdotes confirming struggling/firefighting departments get rewarded over smooth-running ones ↑Y2K and similar prevention work is dismissed as wasted effort because nothing happened ↑Incentive structures reward visible heroics, with broken management unable to see preventive work •Questioning whether the decline of technical CEOs contributes to this misaligned incentive problem ~Skeptical reflection that 'preventing problems that never happened' can also mask incompetence