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Frankly, this 10x dev myth should just die. There are only at most 2x developers, and most ordinary people are just below the 1x factor.
by kaba0 2y ago
Frankly, this 10x dev myth should just die. There are only at most 2x developers, and most ordinary people are just below the 1x factor.
- fragmede 2y agoLike other idioms in the English language, it's not a mathematically accurate statement, but it persistents. Like a ten foot pole or a dime a dozen.
- rsyring 2y ago"Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering" cited research indicating it can be as high as 28x. To get that number, you have to take into consideration terrible devs who are negative multipliers. I.e. the scale is not 1x - 10x. It's more like -10x - 10x. I've personally experienced development projects where there was easily a -5x - 5x difference between the least and most productive. I've seen productivity improve when devs have been removed from a project.
- kaba0 2y agoMinus times plus is minus though :D
- dmichulke 2y agoI suppose they couldn't call that new hire a -1000x developer either.
- Izkata 2y agoThe original research that 10x came from used 1x for "worst", not "average". Their scale was 1x - 10x. IIRC it was also "within a given team" or some sort of similar scope, not over all developers, which would explain why they didn't see that 28x.
- sumedh 2y ago> this 10x dev myth should just die. How would you rate someone like John Carmack?
- solardev 2y agoHe overflows to -2147483648x.