One Great Programmer is Worth Fifty Good Ones.
But why is a great programmer worth fifty good ones? It all has to do with the interfaces. If one person can do a whole project, there is a whole layer of complexity, documented interfaces, and misunderstandings that is eliminated compared to having two or more people working on the project.
Great programmers are orders of magnitude more productive than merely good programmers. It’s like basketball players. Michael Jordan isn’t just 20% or 50% or 100% better and more useful to his team than you or I would be; he’s simply in another league (or was).
The best thing you can do to make your technology-based company succeed is hire (or outsource to) a great programmer. Second best thing (Mary might disagree) is get a great marketing person but that’s another topic for another day. Today’s post is about the person who will build the better mouse trap for you.
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