True or false: The median programmer is most economically valuable (ie in terms of what the market prices their labor at) embedded in workgroups/teams/orgs of ~50-500.
Better programmers are more valuable in smaller orgs down to 1-2. Below-median ones in 500+ HC body shops.
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Could just be that small orgs need to get a lot done => programmer has to build more => is perceived (or becomes) a better programmer.
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High performing programmers are most valuable in the 50-500 setting. They tend to scale down to the 1-2 size just fine, but you don’t need a good programmer for early stage. You need a fast and flexible programmer for early stage. Good is optional.
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often mulled how so-called "unicorns" (i.e. polyglot programmers who can also do design) are actually more deployable at the *lower* end, because one of them can do the job of at least three people.
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