Re:A personal story about 10× development
by Udik on Friday July 19, 2019 @06:16AM
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I disagree, I think that there are a lot of developers that produce a constant stream of mediocre designs, mediocre implementations, mediocre testing and mediocre documentation.
And when a (let's call it 10x) developer steps in and produces just a very good design or implementation, it still adds a lot of value, to the project or to the team's productivity, even without tests or documentation.
(In that sense, the 10x label is a misnomer: exceptional developers aren't faster at typing, they produce something that the others wouldn't produce in any amount of time, and that something often increases everybody else's productivity).
Re:A personal story about 10× development
by C1sc0cat on Friday July 19, 2019 @07:40AM
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And a lot of it is experience knowing what to build in or what hooks to set up so that when the obviously missed requirement gets added right at the end its trivial to add.
And when a (let's call it 10x) developer steps in and produces just a very good design or implementation, it still adds a lot of value, to the project or to the team's productivity, even without tests or documentation.
(In that sense, the 10x label is a misnomer: exceptional developers aren't faster at typing, they produce something that the others wouldn't produce in any amount of time, and that something often increases everybody else's productivity).