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I remember a day when one of my engineer's full days of work was one line of code. Not all lines of code are made equal
by iratewizard 5y ago
I remember a day when one of my engineer's full days of work was one line of code. Not all lines of code are made equal
- ncmncm 5y agoAnd, not all projects are death marches. It is generally hard to measure value, which is one of Dan Luu's points. Counting lines of code rarely produces a very good answer, but sometimes that is the best you have. Company revenue can be meaningful. When a contribution that makes the difference between $X million revenue and $0, against 250 years worth of engineers' salaries, it is hard to quibble. 500x is as good a number as you can get.
- sneak 5y agohttps://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Li...