Ask HN: What mistakes in your experience does management keep making?

Re:Ask HN: What mistakes in your experience does management ... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:19PM (#15033562)

> Obviously one golfer won't be able to hit the ball 10x as far or sink the ball in 10x fewer strokes than another. Obviously a gold medal sprinter won't run 10x as fast as the an amateur.

What's obvious about that? I can pretty well guarantee the existence of golfers who need 10x the strokes of professional golfers. I can definitely guarantee the existence of people who can't manage 10% of the running speed of a gold medal sprinter.

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Re:Ask HN: What mistakes in your experience does management ... by mattkrause on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:56PM (#15033704)

Usain Bolt's average speed was about 23 miles per hour[0] when he set the world record (9.58 sec/100m). Nearly everyone can "run" 2.3 mph for a quarter-lap; that's not even a brisk walking pace.

The 10x programmer idea also applies to adults working as programmers. If you were to limit the runners to an analogous population (runners, I guess, or even healthy adults), I'd definitely take that bet.

[0] His peak speed was a bit faster (~27 mph), but the point stands...

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Re:Ask HN: What mistakes in your experience does management ... by ramblerman on Thursday August 17, 2017 @08:03AM (#15035916)

Existence is not enough, you have to prove it is the average. The 10x programmer is not 10x vs the worst programmer, but 10x vs the crowd.

Most people could beat a par 3 in less than 30 strokes given 1 week of exposure to golf.

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Re:Ask HN: What mistakes in your experience does management ... by eberkund on Thursday August 17, 2017 @01:59PM (#15039158)

I was going to reply to the parent but you and the other poster articulating it well for me. Thanks.

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