On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 02:17:44PM +0100, Christian Holm Christensen wrote: > > I think the price of BRAT is largely overestimated, ... Thanks for the pointer. I ran it on the BRAHMS DAQ and the E852 code trees, as well as the TWIST code (useless- it does not know about F90), and I agree with you, the model seems to overestimate the development costs. I am not an expert on the models used, but I suspect they use very pessimistic estimates of programmer productivity. In other words, we are more productive then average *and* underpaid at the same time. > ... we do other stuff than just writting code for BRAT, like teaching, > taking courses, administration, giving talks, and so on, which is not > part of the model used, ... I suspect their models do include the duty factor effects: commercial programmers do have to sit on silly meetings, take vacations and go home at 5pm. (Here is a ludicrous example- on the U of BC campus, employee/staff parking is only free 9am-5pm. Want to work late? Dish out $3.25). -- Konstantin Olchanski Email: olchansk@triumf.ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
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