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Developer productivity is a lot like obscenity. And jazz. It may be hard to define. But it doesn't matter. Because I know it when I see it. YMMV. But that's not
by mkramlich 16y ago
Developer productivity is a lot like obscenity. And jazz. It may be hard to define. But it doesn't matter. Because I know it when I see it. YMMV. But that's not my problem. I don't have to define precisely what it means to be hit in the face by a rotting fish. I'm pretty sure I'll know it when it happens.
Now back to Terminal and vi so I can be productive again...
- j_baker 16y agoThis is true. But when you're doing an objective study, you need something more than "I know it when I see it".
- mkramlich 16y agoI agree. You're right. You do need something. Part of my point was, though, that nobody should need to do an objective study. :) Because it's pretty frickin obvious to anybody with a brain who works in the field, in my judgment. And it's not limited to our field. It's a human-wide phenomenon.
- troels 16y agoI don't know. A subjective judgement of the results doesn't mean that a study isn't scientific. You just need to be systematic and to be explicit about how you measure.
- barry-cotter 16y agoWell you could use peer ranking, and see how well the rankings correlate with one another. That's the method they use in expertise studies for subjective fields.
- manveru 16y agoThat's exactly what "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is about :)