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I agree. Another example, Linus T wrote git from scratch to hosting the Linux kernel in 2.5 months. I'd say 10x is a low estimate. I've worked with a guy wh

I agree. Another example, Linus T wrote git from scratch to hosting the Linux kernel in 2.5 months. I'd say 10x is a low estimate. I've worked with a guy who wrote great code like he was typing an email. Everyone has a ceiling of the complexity of problems they can handle, some programmers are outliers in this regard.

dustintrex 5y ago
Bit of an aside, but writing an email is its own art. Not many developers know how to write an email that a busy, non-technical VP will read, understand and act on in the way they intended. (Then again, neither do many managers.)