The Ballmer Peak: An Empirical Search
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| author | Stone, Twm Stoddart, Jaz |
| author_facet | Stone, Twm Stoddart, Jaz |
| contents | The concept of a 'Ballmer Peak' was first proposed in 2007, postulating that there exists a very specific blood alcohol content which confers superhuman programming ability. More generally, there is a commonly held belief among software engineers that coding is easier and more productive after a few drinks. Using the industry standard for assessment of coding ability, we conducted a search for such a peak and more generally investigated the effect of different amounts of alcohol on performance. We conclusively refute the existence of a specific peak with large magnitude, but with p < 0.001 find that there was a significant positive effect to a low amount of alcohol - slightly less than two drinks - on programming ability. |
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| spellingShingle | The Ballmer Peak: An Empirical Search Stone, Twm Stoddart, Jaz Software Engineering The concept of a 'Ballmer Peak' was first proposed in 2007, postulating that there exists a very specific blood alcohol content which confers superhuman programming ability. More generally, there is a commonly held belief among software engineers that coding is easier and more productive after a few drinks. Using the industry standard for assessment of coding ability, we conducted a search for such a peak and more generally investigated the effect of different amounts of alcohol on performance. We conclusively refute the existence of a specific peak with large magnitude, but with p < 0.001 find that there was a significant positive effect to a low amount of alcohol - slightly less than two drinks - on programming ability. |
| title | The Ballmer Peak: An Empirical Search |
| topic | Software Engineering |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10002 |