From Good To Great: A Top 10 List For Becoming A 10x Data Scientist
Shutterstock A widely held belief in the software industry is that top-tier programmers are significantly more productive than their counterparts. These are a few of the notable statements from the past 20 years: • “Most things in life have a dynamic range in which average to best is at most 2:1. Now, in software, and it used to be the case in hardware, the difference between the average software developer and the best is 50:1, maybe even 100:1.” (Steve Jobs, 1995) • “The variation between programmers is so great that it becomes a difference in kind. In every field, technology magnifies differences in productivity.” (Paul Graham, 2004) • “There are 10x productivity differences among programmers. The studies have collectively involved hundreds of professional programmers across a spectrum of programming activities. Specific differences range from about 5:1 to…
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