I haven't FULLY read ALL of these threads, but I'll just throw my input in here as a developer based on what I understand this discussion is about....
There's front end developers and back end developers. Front end is the Van Gogh and YES, they CAN influence the success of a web application. Think Blogger, Typepad, Tumblr, Wordpress.com and all those other almost identical blogging services. The winner will be the best looking one, because the only people who care about coding and functionality are the developers/founders/nerds. Your sister/mother cares about the nicest looking one with the most simplified user interface and that is what the front end developer handles. Back end is the Leonardo, and while some back end developers may be incredibly talented and know every language under the sun, a university graduate or even a nerd living in his mum's basement is capable of exactly the same thing, given 2 hours or 2 days more time to work on the same project. If there is any issue with the quality of back end developers it's more to do with scaling system resources. A Leonardo Da Vinci PHP developer would make the most efficient database system that might require 20 servers, whereas the uni graduate or self taught developer will end up needing 50 servers and twice the crew to maintain it. When it comes to security, while I'm no expert at security, I believe the quality of the developer is much more important. On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Bart Jellema <b...@rtje.net> wrote: > Coding is art (at least in innovative start-ups/companies). Would you > rather have a group of 1000 decent painters or Van Gogh, Picasso and Da > Vinci collaborating... In my mind this has nothing to do with productivity > because 'great hackers' produce an entirely different type of output. > > Sent using ZEROmail <http://zeromail.com/>... > Martin Paulo wrote: > > This podcast seems topical to this > discussion:http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/06/se-podcast-09/ > > The page gives a good overview of the discussion, with links, if you > just want to skim it. > > Martin > > -- > ================================================================== > > Martin Paulo, BSc. > Software Developer > > Tel : +61-3-9434 2508 (Home) > Tel : 04 205 20339 (Mobile) > Site: http://www.thepaulofamily.net > > "Nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded" - Yogi Berra. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > To post to this group, send email tosilicon-beach-austra...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > tosilicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
