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A productivity factor is not a good way to model programming ability. I consider myself a decent programmer, but I'm not that much more productive in terms of
by joelthelion 12y ago
A productivity factor is not a good way to model programming ability.
I consider myself a decent programmer, but I'm not that much more productive in terms of features/week than other less skilled programmers.
The real difference is that I can do things that poor programmers simply cannot do: architect a system correctly, optimize performance, debug a difficult memory leak, write correct code, etc.
- geocar 12y agoThis is an interesting point: Experienced programmers might not need the spec.
- objectobject 12y agoThis. Measuring productivity is useless if you are producing the wrong thing. Even ignoring all the things programmers do other than writing code, this idea still completely ignores the many external factors that interfere with productivity. Organisations are more than the sum of their parts. It's not like you can take a bunch of 10x programmers from a successful project, put them on a failing project and expect them to just get it done. Why is 10x programmers a thing but not 10x management?