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About the 10x difference in programmer productivity: it's a "leprechaun", a false myth emerged from misquoting of previous articles, poor review processes of th
by eecc 10y ago
About the 10x difference in programmer productivity: it's a "leprechaun", a false myth emerged from misquoting of previous articles, poor review processes of the claims made and the generalized tendency to ape a scientific process in the software engineering world. Quite some tall claims but I have read a book that makes some good arguments supporting this as well as debunking a couple of these legends turned truths: https://leanpub.com/leprechauns https://leanpub.com/leprechauns
- SomeCallMeTim 10y agoI personally have at least a 10x productivity advantage over an "average" dev on some tasks, so I guess I'm a leprechaun? The canonical reference is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month#The_surgical_team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month#The_sur...
- azeirah 10y ago:|