I'm most interested in the last line of the quote at the top: "They found no relationship between a programmer’s amount of experience and code quality or produc

I'm most interested in the last line of the quote at the top: "They found no relationship between a programmer’s amount of experience and code quality or productivity." Have other studies found this to be the case? Anecdotally, I'd say there's a lot of truth to it. While nobody would dispute that a "visionary" or "trailblazer" with ten years of experience would be stronger than a visionary or trailblazer just out of college, I suspect the young visionary is a lot better than the experienced workhorse. Which is to say: experience matters, but not as much as which category you fall under.