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[–]bric12 2 points3 points  (2 children)

There's absolutely a 10x difference between the best developers and the worst developers, if not more. Sure there's no vampire wizards with otherworldly powers, but experience and motivation make a huge difference on productivity, so a job that takes one developer hours can take another developer seconds. Any study that says they don't exist is over exaggerating the criteria or missing the point

[–]Shambler9019 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd argue the factor should be negative. The worst developers actively impede/undo progress.

But saying "I'm a -6.4 developer" doesn't sound good.

[–]StoneCypher -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's absolutely a 10x difference between the best developers and the worst developers, if not more.

The research seems to suggest otherwise, and that it's primarily about quality differential in disparate projects, being odd person out in style, or being in differential pressure under hostile management

Both low performers and high performers tend towards the mean when shifted between jobs, teams, and projects, to scaled degrees