The End to the Myth of Individual Programmer Productivity

Volume: 36, Issue: 5, Pages: 71 - 75
Published: Sep 1, 2019
Abstract
One often-quoted truism in software engineering is that good programmers are "much much better" than bad programmers. The size of "much much better" is widely debated, but ranges such as 10 times more productive are often cited as conservative estimates. This article argues that such statements are misleading and miss numerous important effects. Based on the studies described later, it would appear that some programmers are not inherently...
Paper Details
Title
The End to the Myth of Individual Programmer Productivity
Published Date
Sep 1, 2019
Volume
36
Issue
5
Pages
71 - 75
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