* * * * *
                                        
                      “One cannot simply walk into Mordor”
                                        
> A manager went to the master programmer and showed him the requirements
> document for a new application. The manager asked the master: “How long
> will it take to design this system if I assign five programmers to it?”
> 
> “It will take one year,” said the master promptly.
> 
> “But we need this system immedately or even sooner! How long will it take
> if I assign ten programmers to it?”
> 
> The master programmer frowned. “In that case, it will take two years.”
> 
> “And if I assign a hundred programmers to it?”
> 
> The master programmer shrugged. “Then the design will never be completed,”
> he said.
> 

_The Tao of Programming_ [1]

[1] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0931137071/conmanlaborat-20

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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