Software Development, Best vs Average?
December 4th, 2006[ Software Development ]
Okay, if you haven’t read the paper No Silver Bullets then you best start there before someone yells at you.
One point made in that paper talks about the gap between average software development and the best:
“The gap between the best software engineering and the average practice is very wide, perhaps wider than in any other engineering practice.”
Based on my personal experience, I tend to agree with Mr Brooks. Not only that, it is just that very gap that allows me to dream of what’s possible with boc.
At one level we continually strive to be at the ‘best’ end of that gap and be able to leverage the fact that there aren’t a lot of us over here. On another level, we also hope to be able to share that by growing more people at that end. By grow, I mean people. School’s try but few, if any, will get you to the right end of this gap. Working with us at boc will get you there. We’re new at this part and it’s something we’re only scratching the surface on, however, it’s the part that gets most of us excited.
We already know how to grow the best software, now we’re learning how to grow the best software people.