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Ah yes the 0.5 dev, conjured up by the manager to push 4 devs work onto 3 realistic devs
by fakecrusade 4y ago
Ah yes the 0.5 dev, conjured up by the manager to push 4 devs work onto 3 realistic devs
- dijit 4y agoa person being half- on the project or a contractor working 50% of the time is also possible.
- theptip 4y agoCynical nonsense. In a small shop, more likely that the manager codes but considers themself only 0.5 a dev because of overhead.
- fakecrusade 4y agoand that's one of the many reasons why project got delayed, manager gets optimistic and consider himself a 0.5, only to realise halfway that he is overwhelmed by meetings, and his superior is asking why is he even coding? He then simply leave it to the team, which is actually the best outcome in this situation. But like inflation, the initial estimation based on 3.5 dev is probably not gonna get revised because it has been committed to the boss or client. The best thing a manager can do, is to support team when he can and NOT consider himself a resource, even if he does the coding.