Date: 07/31/05 (Java Web) Keywords: software Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software fame has written an excellent article on the value of star programmers in a product development team. To summarize: Star programmers significantly outperform average programmers often with 5-10 times difference in productivity. However substituting 5 or 10 programmers instead of a star programmer doesn't work because thay are not equivalent. Multiple programmers [...]
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