How can you judge the speed of "your"[1] programmers if you know nothing about programming? Are you perhaps being misled by the frequent "I did X in a weekend"

How can you judge the speed of "your"[1] programmers if you know nothing about programming? Are you perhaps being misled by the frequent "I did X in a weekend" submissions? Those are mostly hyperbole. [1] A little word of advice: Don't talk like a manager already. If your story is legit, the two grad students are quite likely to read it here.