Questions tagged [case-studies]

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Has "Not everyone can be a programmer" been studied?

An old adage that many programmers stick to is "It takes a certain type of mind to learn programming, and not everyone can do it." Now I'm sure that we all have our own trove of anecdotal evidence, but has this been studied scientifically?
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Case studies for successful service (project) based software development businesses without constant overtime from its employees

I work for an IT company that is primarily services (project) based rather than product based. All software engineers are salaried. The company has set new expectations that everyone should work 48 hours per week instead of 40. Note, this isn't…
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