3 The true purpose of metrics
When I was about nine years old, we went to visit my grandfather. We were all going to go out for brunch and I walked outside with my grandfather while my parents were still inside. My grandfather had been in the 82nd Airborne Division and was very proud of it. He was rough and gruff. It was only as I got older that I came to appreciate how sentimental he was, but at the time, I was quite scared of him.
As we stood out there, waiting for my parents to join us, he looked at me with a cold, blank stare. Suddenly, he yelled, ‘Move it!’ He shouted at me like he was a drill sergeant and I was a new recruit. I had no idea what he meant. I stared back at him with what I can only imagine was a look of terror and confusion. ...
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