Steve Balmer on KLOCs

Why it was recommended

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on useless performance metrics

Referencepdkl95 · Original2020-11

What it covers

A one-minute clip of Steve Ballmer explaining IBM's obsession with counting thousands of lines of code (KLOCs) as a measure of programmers. He explains why that metric is. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Ali Gajani

Length

51 sec

Year

2014

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