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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by sidazhou on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:37AM (#29588693)
let talent=0 then productivity = (time * effort)^0 = 1 = 100% Sounds about right
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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by NaturalPhallacy on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:11AM (#29588917)
Yup! Time and effort absolutely count.

But the "star line" folk out of Heinlein's Beyond this Horizon are the ones that catapult the entire species forward.

The Wright brothers, the Norman Bourlags, the Nikola Teslas, the Alan Turings.

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by cutemonster on Sunday December 19, 2021 @05:19AM (#29612766)
What about charismatic poor decision makers, pulling everyone in the wrong direction? Or evil geniuses

Maybe multiply with sign(talent)? And the exponent could be abs(talent):

    sing(talent) *
       (effort * time) ^
                 abs(talent)
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