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		slopinthebag 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Write less code, be more responsible It sounds like you just aren't very good at managing teams of programmers tbh. If your bottleneck is producing code, very rarely does hiring more programmers actually help.

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bdangubic 7 days ago [–]

this makes just so much sense, I'll manage my programmers to work 37 hours per day, imma try this next week and will let you know how it goes

slopinthebag 7 days ago | [–]

Try having your programmers work 30 hours a week instead of 40 and measure their output. You might be surprised.

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