What Happens If You Only Focus on “Quality”?
There’s an old Internet parable, and it goes something like this:
There’s a pottery class.
The teacher divides them into two halves.
He stands up front and raises his left hand.
“This side of the class will solely be judged on the number of pots and sculptures they make this year. The more the better.”
A few murmurs.
Then he raises his right hand.
“This side of the class,” he says, “will solely be judged on the quality of their pottery at the end of the year.”
He folds his hands.
“Get to work.”
Can you guess what happens?
You probably know what happens even if you don’t like to believe it.
The quantity side wins.
Not because they made the most pots. They win because the quality of their pottery beat the side that was solely focused on quality.
How quantity has evolved
Back in the old days, let’s say the 90s and before, quantity was called “rough drafts.”
You made them all of the time, but you didn’t show them often.
