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The worst developers are a drain on any project. Delivering negative 'productivity' by producing code with a wide range of issues. Bugs, unmanageable code, non
by GoldenMonkey 12y ago
The worst developers are a drain on any project. Delivering negative 'productivity' by producing code with a wide range of issues. Bugs, unmanageable code, non-performant code, memory issues... a maintenance nightmare.
10x's is not nearly enough.
The top programmers leverage many things. Existing libraries, past experience on failed/successful projects, OOP, design patterns, multiple programming languages (right tool for the job at hand), code generators if it makes sense. And best practices they have learned from others. And more.
Nathan Myhrvold former CTO at Microsoft had this to say about the differences:
‘The Top software developers are more productive than average software developers not by a factor of 10x or 100x or even 1000x but by 10,000x.’
- dreamweapon 12y agoNathan Myhrvold former CTO at Microsoft had this to say about the differences: So if the ousted dilettante[1] head of a struggling division of some fading megacorp says it, it must be true? [1] See, for example, his positions on patent trolling, and his quack cures for global warming.