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that's true for any task that is mostly bound by intellect rather than something else. The cab driver can only drive so much faster / better than everyone else
by heifetz 14y ago
that's true for any task that is mostly bound by intellect rather than something else. The cab driver can only drive so much faster / better than everyone else because he is constrained by the traffic and the car. In the case of pure intellectual pursuits like writing a novel, or painting, there is a vast difference between the masters and the average person. Same thing for programming, it's part art, part science, mostly constrained by intellect.
- danso 14y agoI'd say it applies even more to great developers. Good programming greatly multiplies a single person's work. When great developers get together and all understand a set of best practices along with bringing in unique individual talents, then their creative output will be exponentially better than a group of lesser programmers.
- heifetz 14y agowouldn't that be the case with any sort of group project? i.e. hard sciences
- WiseWeasel 14y agoThe bureaucracy in the institutions doing hard sciences eventually wears down even the sharpest mind.
- mahyarm 14y agoI'd say programming is most constrained by politics, management & technical debt.