Productivity Quote by Steve McConnell Download Open image ““in the vast majority of systems, efficiency isn't critical.”” — Steve McConnell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Productivity
“But maybe efficiency isn’t all it’s held up to be. Maybe it’s the inefficiencies and mistakes that give us the best impetus to change… — Mark Hodder Copy Share Image
“Efficiency is often the enemy of fun. It doesn't have to be.” — Mani S. Sivasubramanian Copy Share Image
“Efficiency doesn’t matter if you are doing the wrong things in the first place.” — Matt Perman Copy Share Image
While power is important, efficiency is critical. Many have worked hard and gone slow. — Drew Ginn Copy Share Image
“While efficiency is important, it is secondary. More important than efficiency is effectiveness — getting the right things done. Efficiency doesn’t matter if you… — Matt Perman Copy Share Image
“There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“As so often happens in computer science, we’re willing to sacrifice efficiency for generality.” — Pedro Domingos Copy Share Image
“One of the best places for efficiency is being efficient with things so that you can be effective with people.” — Matt Perman Copy Share Image
... programming requires more concentration than other activities. It's the reason programmers get upset about 'quick interruptions' - such interruptions are tantamount to asking… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
The job of the average manager requires a shift in focus every few minutes. The job of the average software developer requires that the… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
“usually more time is spent in making good-looking presentation slides than in improving the quality of the software.” — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
“the error rate in manual testing is comparable to the bug rate in the code being tested.” — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
“[...] you shouldn't be uneasy about any parts of the architecture. It shouldn't contain anything just to please the boss. It shouldn't contain anything… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it. — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
“Programmers working with high-level languages achieve better productivity and quality than those working with lower-level languages. Languages such as C++, Java, Smalltalk, and Visual Basic have been credited with improving productivity, reliability, simplicity, and comprehensibility by factors of 5 to 15 over low-level languages such as assembly and C (Brooks 1987, Jones 1998, Boehm 2000). You save time when you… — Steve McConnell Copy Share
The trouble with quick and dirty is that dirty remains long after quick has been forgotten. — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
Performance matters because games are built on great performance, but form factor and energy efficiency matter incredibly because they want to build something that's… — Jensen Huang Copy Share Image
Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies.… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Create an environment for people to fail, to learn, and to grow. Their creativity and productivity will increase. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code. — Ken Thompson Copy Share Image
Many companies have long contended that stress in the home causes productivity loss in the market place.. and it does. But research now reveals… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
To settle space, we will have to develop the ability to harvest and utilize the resources of the solar system, such as ores, ice,… — Rick Tumlinson Copy Share Image
he cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
“Don’t let procrastination hold you back. Every small decision counts toward your potential. Be wise” — Afolayan David Ojo Copy Share Image
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