Forbes is wrong about “Developernomics”

Re:Forbes is wrong about “Developernomics” by hn_reader on Sunday December 11, 2011 @12:34AM (#3339366)

I believe in the "10x programmer" phenomenon.. In my experience, the best programmers seem to quickly become very good at whatever development task they put their minds to.

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Re:Forbes is wrong about “Developernomics” by _dps on Sunday December 11, 2011 @03:00AM (#3339585)

Then you may need to consider the possibility of a "100x" programmer in your scale. The "best of the best" that I know are, say, 10x better at embedded C code than they are at CRUD web apps. The best CRUD programmers I know can't hold a candle to the best embedded programmers in their domain and vice versa. At the high end of proficiency, programming is not a commodity. Specialization matters.

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