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Re:US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in th... by aorloff on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:07PM (#34493422)
Wait until you hear how large software organizations run
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Re:US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in th... by Nevermark on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:19PM (#34493571)
The value generated by software often scales up with organization size, while the costs and inefficiencies are unlikely to scale at the same rate.

Given that, very large successful organizations whose competitive edge is not software may still have terrifyingly low software production efficiencies.

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