Yeah I think there's some point where hiring more does make the ... • Aaron Parecki

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Evan Prodromou https://twitter.com/evanpro • Apr 22
Anyway, I think there may be an upper limit on hiring for a project, where there are tasks that just can't be decomposed. But I think there are plenty of projects where hiring more people makes things go faster.

Yeah I think there's some point where hiring more does make the team more productive (from 1 to 2 people for example), but much beyond that I think there are diminishing returns. Hiring people with skills other than development is a whole different story tho.

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Have you written a response to this? Let me know the URL:
- Dave Neary twitter.com/nearyd
  
  "Diminishing returns" is different from "negative or zero returns". The issue in Mythical Man Month is around bootstrap time and communication overhead.
  
  Tue, Apr 23, 2019 1:00am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)

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