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This article is fluff. However it touches on a base reality: Writing software isn’t that hard. The hard thing is knowing what software to write. This is one
by shawnb576 8y ago
This article is fluff. However it touches on a base reality:
Writing software isn’t that hard. The hard thing is knowing what software to write.
This is one thing junior engineers misunderstand about senior people. They’re not necessarily better coders, they are generally better predictors and decision makers.
- aw00 8y agoThanks for sharing your thoughts. The reality that many people don't realise that every software product faces a commercial viability - time and money is not unlimited. Agreed that the most senior people have experience than the junior engineers but that's obvious. Other than previous experience, what about senior people makes them better predictors and decision makers? According to research studies by Philip Tetlock, who conducted one of the largest and longest running studies of the performance of experts at predictions, his results showed that statistical models outperform "expert judgement". Btw, this article was just sharing a quick thought and not a "how to", hence the structure. If you're interested in something more substantial, feel free to read some of my articles such as how to produce more reliable estimations (https://hackernoon.com/how-to-do-smarter-estimations-7d67f27910b5 https://hackernoon.com/how-to-do-smarter-estimations-7d67f27... - I've also added this link to the article for those who want something more substantial). We use estimations to make decisions but they're often misleading because the way we produce estimations lacks discipline. Also note that I do plan on sharing some preventions and interventions which can better our decisions.