The Parable of the Two Programmers

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Once upon a time, unbeknownst to each other, the "Automated Accounting Applications Association" and the "Consolidated Computerized Capital Corporation" decided that they needed the identical program to perform a certain service.

Automated hired a programmer-analyst, Alan, to solve their problem.

Meanwhile, Consolidated decided to ask a newly hired entry-level programmer, Charles, to tackle the job, to see if he was as good as he pretended.

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"The programmers were spending about half their time writing and compiling code, and the rest of their time in conference," - это художественное преувеличение?

я бы сказал, 70% на митинги с менеджментом, 20% на обсуждение, 10% на код.