> In my very humble experience, I can't answer this scientifically, but I have known engineers that can be 1000% more productive than others. In my very humble

> In my very humble experience, I can't answer this scientifically, but I have known engineers that can be 1000% more productive than others. In my very humble experience, I have worked alongside several people like this. None of them went to aforementioned 'Top Tier' schools and none of them worked at Google etc. One had an Associates degree in Physics and the other was a college dropout. But could they kick butt and write complex software at the speed of ten men, hell yes.