6 September 2021 - many hands

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Economies of Scale Explained

Many hands make light work only if they all know what to do. If they have to learn what to do and then have trouble coordinating, the hands turn into feet and step on each other. That’s good, because then you can add bosses to lord it over the peons and hold you up in your rightful place.

clue:

“Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.” -- Fred Brooks, 1975

take oh take this clue away

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