Make Yourself Replaceable
Comments on “Make Yourself Replaceable”
3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
This Hrih News feature argues that engineers should make themselves replaceable rather than indispensable. Using the story of "Sam," a long-tenured engineer whose undocumented knowledge of a payment system traps them in their role and blocks promotion or a move, it contends that organisations reward visible firefighting over quiet prevention.…
Why it ranked
No. 79 of 93 with a score of 0.56. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.93) and audience breadth (0.75), lowest on substantiated (0.17).
Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.56total under rubric v2.2
- Significance0.37
- Reader interest0.72
- Audience breadth0.75
- Practical relevance0.69
- Substantiated0.17
- Technical depth0.26
- New information0.93
- Counts against: Promotional0.04
- Counts against: Overclaim0.24
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.30 | +0.24 | +0.090 |
| Reader interest | 0.82 | 0.55 | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.27 | +0.26 | +0.188 |
| Audience breadth | 0.93 | 0.60 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.33 | +0.13 | +0.097 |
| Practical relevance | 0.88 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.38 | +0.22 | +0.153 |
| Substantiated | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.36 | +0.05 | +0.008 |
| Technical depth | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.27 | +0.05 | +0.013 |
| New information | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.06 | +0.05 | +0.047 |
| Promotional | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.05 | −0.19 | −0.008 |
| Overclaim | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.08 | −0.11 | −0.026 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.562 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.562 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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