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> The speed at which someone can process search results and stackoverflow responses to filter out crap and find the solution is the best proxy I've found for de
by pakitan 6y ago
> The speed at which someone can process search results and stackoverflow responses to filter out crap and find the solution is the best proxy I've found for developer productivity.
That's interesting. What is your experience with harder problems - ones that can't be just googled? Do you find that those same "googlers" still outperform the more "independent" developers?
- rriepe 6y agoI'm one of these people. The other skill is endlessly breaking a problem down into steps small enough to stumble through with this approach. And the other other thing to know is when not to do it, like for the core business logic, or for anything that needs to be really fast.
- pakitan 6y agoIf by "these people" you mean the "googlers", yes, I'm one of them too and I think the same applies to most developers so I know how to approach harder problems. However, I was curious about the employer's perspective, whether maybe "independent" developers have some advantage with problems that can't be readily googled.