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I agree and I would say that choosing to work on the right things is much more important than being a fast programmer. Sometimes you need to spend more time thi

I agree and I would say that choosing to work on the right things is much more important than being a fast programmer. Sometimes you need to spend more time thinking about a problem, do a bit of a "market study", or gather more data. Too many startups out there are solutions looking for a problem. On a smaller scale, as an individual programmer, it's easy to get caught into yak shaving or trying to optimize the wrong thing.

Jensson 5y ago
> choosing to work on the right things is much more important than being a fast programmer Choosing to work on the right things is completely orthogonal to being fast though. > Sometimes you need to spend more time thinking about a problem, do a bit of a "market study", or gather more data. You can do this even if you are a fast coder. Only difference is how long it takes to test things, build MVP's and show them to potential users. MVP's are a great way to better understand what to build or do market studies, so I don't see why this goes against being fast.
wtetzner 5y ago
Being able to quickly try things out is a great way to understand a problem better. Coding speed can help a lot with that.