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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by mac01021 on Friday April 20, 2018 @09:57PM (#16889602)
I don't know.... I have not seen this study, but:

1> I feel I can safely say that I am more productive than the median programmer, as are probably a majority of visitors to Hacker News

2> I am aware of many famous programmers who are more productive than I am by at least an order of magnitude - probably two orders of magnitude.

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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by djmips on Saturday April 21, 2018 @10:04PM (#16894355)
Skeptical. You may be star struck and/or undervaluing yourself.
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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by mac01021 on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:48PM (#16909218)
More likely I simply have a much lower estimation than you do of the productivity of the median programmer.
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