You only get 1,000 lines of code a week

Re:You only get 1,000 lines of code a week by eterm on Monday November 17, 2014 @10:23AM (#8618557)

I'd struggle to think in a job which required 25 lines an hour ever, let alone constantly for 8 hours/day!

I don't think I've ever written more than a few hundred LOC in a week.

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Re:You only get 1,000 lines of code a week by k-mcgrady on Monday November 17, 2014 @10:36AM (#8618612)

What kind of projects do you work on? I'm sure the experience differs a lot between people working on important, complex legacy projects, and people developing consumer mobile apps for photo sharing etc.

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Re:You only get 1,000 lines of code a week by Kiro on Monday November 17, 2014 @11:19AM (#8618830)

For me working on complex legacy projects means even less LoC since you're so afraid of breaking stuff.

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Re:You only get 1,000 lines of code a week by k-mcgrady on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:12AM (#8623548)

Exactly, that was my point. If you're starting a simple consumer product you'll write lots of code quickly. When working on something complex you need to consider how your changes will effect every aspect of the product.

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Re:You only get 1,000 lines of code a week by matwood on Monday November 17, 2014 @03:49PM (#8620446)

Exactly. When I was working on a payroll system it could take a day to change a modify a few lines and test all the various scenarios before releasing. The cost of making a mistake was large.

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