Programmer Moneyball: Challenging the Myth of Individual Programmer Productivity
A pervasive belief in the field of software engineering is that some programmers are much, much better than others (the times-10, or x10, programmer), and that the skills...
Programmer Moneyball: Challenging the Myth of Individual Programmer Productivity Bill Nichols January 27, 2020 PUBLISHED IN Enterprise Risk and Resilience Management CITE Get Citation TAGS Measurement and Analysis Software Quality SHARE This post has been shared 2 times. A pervasive belief in the field of software engineering is that some programmers are much, much better than others (the times-10, or x10, programmer), and that the skills, abilities, and talents of these programmers exert an outsized influence on that organization's success or failure. This topic is the subject of my recent co
Explore this link on the map →related reading
- 10x more selectiveyosefk.com
- 10x (engineer, context) pairs | benkuhn.netbenkuhn.net
- 95%-ile isn't that gooddanluu.com
- Does experience make you a better programmer? - Austin Z. Henleyaustinhenley.com
- The 10x Programmer Myth - Simple Threadsimplethread.com
- claude code is not making your product betterethanding.substack.com
- Reflections on 10,000 Hours of Programming | Matt Rickardmatt-rickard.com
- The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code – Joel on Softwarejoelonsoftware.com
- Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity - METRmetr.org
- Hey, N00b, We Didn't Hire You to Complete Tasksnewsletter.kentbeck.com
- Some reasons to work on productivity and velocitydanluu.com
- Productivity advice | Zhengdongzhengdongwang.com