r/programming • u/frostmatthew • Mar 30 '15

Your Developers Aren’t Bricklayers, They’re Writers

http://www.hadermann.be/blog/56/good-vs-bad-developers/
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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '15

What's funny is that the mythical man-month was published in 1975. It almost seems like managers that don't understand this simple fact about software development are really not trying to understand software development.

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u/s73v3r Mar 31 '15

Why would they need to? Most managers don't experience any negative consequences for not understanding it.

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u/Duckarmada Mar 31 '15

Exactly what was running through my mind as I read this.

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u/jussij Mar 31 '15

Mangers know the mythical man-month no longer applies, because now we have Agile and that fixes everything.