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It doesn’t take 9 mothers 1 month to make a baby

Large Teams
First of all this post has nothing to do with babies. It is actually about an interesting phenomenon that affects house builders, software developers, the government and possibly all types of jobs. Without adding too much hype it's about Brooks' law, so those of you familiar with it can move on to the next post. Let's say you are a contractor and you currently employ 2 builders. Assuming the 2 builders work 40 hour weeks, you estimate that a house will be finished in 4 months' time. However for some reason the client isn't happy about this and would like the house to be built-in 2 months. In this case the contractor would employ another 2 builders thus doubling the productivity and finishing the house on time. If half way through…
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Hello World

Hello World

Blogging
I think you might be asking why is Kurt, or anyone else for that matter, wasting time writing nerdish blog posts instead of getting wasted.  After all there are too many blogs which no one really follows out there anyways.  Here are some of my reasons: We are all nerds in some way or another. Having a blog adds an extra line to my CV. In theory blogs should open opportunities such as MVP, career opportunities etc... Get more job opportunities.  You readers might prefer to hire me rather than a complete stranger. Get a following with the idea that people who follow this blog will be tempted to try out any of my future projects. Give something back to the community.  I'm not a person who would go out of…
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