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		vibrato on May 25, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Study monitors programmers' stress levels to predi... I understood the conclusion to be that perceived difficulty (stress) while writing code is linked to poor quality. "code elements that are perceived more difficult by developers also end up having more quality concerns found in peer code reviews"

p4wnc6 on May 25, 2016 [–]

It would be interesting to see this linked to interviews too where the entire situation, mannerisms of the interviewer, and presentation of a given exercise are all specifically tailored to make sure it is perceived as difficult.

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