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> .. The Mythical Man Month, and I'd say it's a great book. Sadly, more often than not, it's something I wish I could staple to managements foreheads. "read thi
by misja111 5y ago
> .. The Mythical Man Month, and I'd say it's a great book. Sadly, more often than not, it's something I wish I could staple to managements foreheads. "read this now before our next planning session"
Did you read the book? It's not about the (ab)use of mandays/months in planning sessions, it's about the huge differences in capacities between individual programmers and the importance of having some "10x programmers" in your team.
- wokwokwok 5y agoThat’s a very opinionated view from someone who’s actually read the book. I thought the whole thing was about having a plan, and many well structured, organised teams; having a 10x programmer makes no difference at all without the rest of the things; no matter how great you are, you can’t do everything, and if you try, you’ll become a bottleneck. I sympathise very much with wanting to staple “do you actually have a plan for how that’s going to work?” to someone in a planning meeting. > Very good professional programmers are ten times as productive as poor ones, at same training and two-year experience level. (Sackman, Grant, and Erickson) > Sackman, Grant, and Erickson's data showed no correlation whatsoever between experience and performance. I doubt the universality of that result. > A small sharp team is too slow for really big systems. ^ literally a quotes from the book.