4 ms·
Not quite that high, but you'd be silly to believe there's no difference in speed at all.
by jackblemming 6y ago
Not quite that high, but you'd be silly to believe there's no difference in speed at all.
- abiogenesis 6y agoIt can be that high. It's not the number of lines of code produced but the value/utility created. A great engineer can actually make the same product in X days where it takes an average developer 10X days to come up with the same. The better engineer might (and in most cases, would) have written less code.
- jackblemming 6y agoYes it can be that high depending on _how you're measuring_. I think this is why the myth has gone on for a long time. It also greatly depends on who you're comparing. Are you comparing Peter Norvig to a 1st year undergraduate, or someone on Peter's team who has around the same experience and skillset? But I don't want to derail the thread ;)
- abiogenesis 6y agoFair enough, but the problem is you can't always find a team full of people "who has around the same experience and skillset as Peter Norvig". That's basically what "The Mythical Man-Month" (the origin of the 10x developer) says: "Always recruit star programmers if you can, but most of the time you can't. Therefore learn how to best utilise the average ones."