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This is how it is at every company. The older developers create the universe new developers need to figure out. ON average newer developers don't perform as well as the older ones. This effect is highly correlated by the complexity of the code base.


I feel like that's the only measured answer.

This is normal. The thing that affects the team the most in this case is the complexity of the code base.

A lot of comments are blaming speed for a supposed lack of sophistication, excessive duplication or disorganisation of the code.

But sometimes a developer can be fast is due to someone not introducing unnecessary complexity in the codebase.

A fast developer is not necessarily a 10x developer, but it also isn't making a mess.

Most of the cases of unmanageable code were made by developers with a lot of time and planning on their hands.




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