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How does that qualify as 40x? It's not reasonable to compare an engineer who has worked for 5-6 years on an identical project to an engineer that hasn't or has
by svisser 12y ago
How does that qualify as 40x? It's not reasonable to compare an engineer who has worked for 5-6 years on an identical project to an engineer that hasn't or has less work experience.
For this particular task he may have been 40x more effective than anyone else but only because he walked the path before.
- geocar 12y agoDo you pay programmers with 5-6 years experience in a domain 40x junior programmers?
- alkonaut 12y agoProductivity as an inherent property of a developer has to be for "unseen" tasks. If someone started working with me today I'd be more than 10x as productive as them tomorrow and maybe all of next week. That is relevant for a company, but not really interesting.
- geocar 12y agoThat only means instantaneous productivity isn't useful. Fortunately most employers know this: The employer pays for a mean-productivity-over-time. If your productivity falls below that value you will get fired, and if it exceeds some other bound you may be bonus'd or promoted. However if the productivity exceeds this line by 40x, then the question remains: Do you pay your programmers 40x?
- ghshephard 12y agoThat was the point I was trying to make - there is more than one way to get a boost in performance. Innate Skill is one of them, but another is to do it through experience.