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Starting from zero, most people will require at least 18 months to become productive software developers
by Lordarminius 8y ago
Starting from zero, most people will require at least 18 months to become productive software developers
- georgespencer 8y agoAnd then 6-12 months in a company which has the structure and process around software development to become as productive as 1.0 software engineer vs. being <1.0 of a software engineer and requiring that another engineer drop down to 0.8 to help you along. A misconception I've often encountered in first time founders is that engineering productivity accretes linearly with headcount.
- em-bee 8y agothat's why i like pair-programming. it makes me as a senior more productive. so even if the output of the junior is 0 at the beginning, my productivity rises from 1.0 to, say 1.2. that means the junior effectively adds 0.2 in productivity.