> Programmers are incredibly productive. Some developers are. Most aren't. If you work in a startup, or on some new project within some big company, you are ve

> Programmers are incredibly productive. Some developers are. Most aren't. If you work in a startup, or on some new project within some big company, you are very likely to be producing vaporware that will impact zero users, either because the software is bad or because of some issues in marketing or management beyond your control. In either case, your real economic productivity is negative.