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You are missing the point a bit - I don't think the OP is saying that a bad engineer ("difficult to work with", "don't produce maintainable code", etc) suddenly
by k1w1 13y ago
You are missing the point a bit - I don't think the OP is saying that a bad engineer ("difficult to work with", "don't produce maintainable code", etc) suddenly becomes better when they work by themselves. The point is that one person working alone can sometimes be significantly more productive than if threw more people at the project.
The natural engineering management answer to so many problems is "I need more headcount" - but often that can be the opposite of what the problem needs.
- bdehaaff 13y agoAgreed. I considered referencing The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Fred Brooks. The central theme is that "adding manpower to a late software project makes it later". I think that this theory can be applied to both new and late projects. More people does not typically increase productivity.