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The 10x developer myth (Interview)

Mar 31, 2020

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Y and Ter, They're Actually Discussing the Issues.

02:40

How Many Lines of Code Do Normal Programmes Write?

01:33

Introduction

3min

Is There a Difference Between Experience and Productivity?

4min

P S P, Personal Softer Process

5min

How Many Lines of Code Do Normal Programmes Write?

2min

Is Estimating Reliable?

4min

Is There Any Control for Quality in There?

2min

How to Find the Outliers in a Unicorn Development Environment

5min

The Difference Between and Within

5min

What's Your Take on This?

3min

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The Miracle in Istoa, 19 80 Metaphor

5min

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Sophoware Projects - Are You Doing the Right Things?

4min

12.

How Do You Know if You Have a Cronovirus?

5min

13.

Is the Team Softrer Process Similar to the Parallel Studies?

3min

14.

Is the First Failure an Expected Failure?

4min

15.

The Impact of Using Commercial Tools for Detecting Defects

3min

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Using a Di Model to Speed Up Development

5min

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Is It a Longitudinal Study?

3min

18.

Using a Static Analysis Tool in a Test Environment?

3min

19.

Is It Possible to Make the Data Public?

2min

20.

Y and Ter, They're Actually Discussing the Issues.

3min

21.

The Multipliers in a Team

6min

In late 2019, Bill Nichols, a senior member of the technical staff at Carnegie Mellon University with the Software Engineering Institute published his study on “the 10x developer myth.” On this show we talk with Bill about all the details of his research. Is the 10x developer a myth? Let’s find out.

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