Derek - We asked for volunteers who felt able to program the rudiments of a simple graphics game in three hours. We also sought out software authors with substantial shareware work to their name.
I have a feeling that software authors, and perhaps other application driven programmers, tend to work in a different way to 'system' driven programmers who produce tools and components, say. The former are creating a new environment, whereas the latter are working within a highly structured exisiting one. > Richard. > > >Having just taken part in a study of highly competent software authors > > How did you measure competence? This is a very > tough problem. I think the reliability of the traditional > years-on-the-job is only good for 2-4 years. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([email protected]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
