Re:Things I’ve learned in my 20 years as a software engineer
by jimbokun on Friday October 08, 2021 @02:31PM
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Great stuff!
> 2) Iterate faster. If you have a build that takes 10 minutes and the next guy has a build that takes less than a minute they can fail 10x more frequently and achieve the same level of productivity.
I think this is very under rated. There are so many things that can reduce developer latency (time between making a change to the code and seeing if it works, or deploying to production) is one of the most under rated aspects of software engineering productivity.
> 2) Iterate faster. If you have a build that takes 10 minutes and the next guy has a build that takes less than a minute they can fail 10x more frequently and achieve the same level of productivity.
I think this is very under rated. There are so many things that can reduce developer latency (time between making a change to the code and seeing if it works, or deploying to production) is one of the most under rated aspects of software engineering productivity.
Most other factors pale in comparison.