"Walter Banks" wrote:
> Vitaliy wrote:
>> Yet, for some reason, many companies (even Microchip) seem to believe the
>> myth that if you have the right organization, procedures, and 
>> methodologies,
>> you can get even mediocre programmers to produce good code.
>
> There are a lot of unhappy companies who took their work offshore. The
> problem is the creative flicker here did not translate well though time 
> zones
> cultural interfaces.

I'm a bit lost.. what's your point? AFAIK most Microchip programmers work in 
Chandler.


>>  if you have the right organization, procedures, and methodologies,
>> you can get even mediocre programmers to produce good code

It's amazing how something can mean something completely opposite, when 
taken out of context (compare the text you quoted above, and then the second 
time). At first I thought I was reading something that somebody else wrote. 
:)


> I worked on on project where very good motivated competent programmers
> in a well organized environment did a phenomenal amount of work in a short
> time. It was unfortunately a rare experience.

I'm intrigued! Can you tell us more?

Vitaliy 

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