If anything 20% is on the high side, for experts working in difficult (profitable) domains.
When we pointy-haired-bosses are doing our job right, producing new code is a much lower priority in the software engineer’s day, behind understanding and maintaining the important code that is critical to the objectives of the organization.
If anything 20% is on the high side, for experts working in difficult (profitable) domains.
When we pointy-haired-bosses are doing our job right, producing new code is a much lower priority in the software engineer’s day, behind understanding and maintaining the important code that is critical to the objectives of the organization.