I believe productivity does matter to him. It's just that he wants people who can a-ha their way out of the problem, the gifted people.
That's just misplaced arrogance, backed by confirmation bias. Truly gifted individuals are smart enough to use the best tool to solve the problem at hand as efficiently as possible. That tool is sometimes a debugger.
Here's a quick survey:
FreeBSD: Kernel Debugger.
Solaris: Kernel Debugger.
NetBSD: Kernel Debugger.
OpenBSD: Kernel Debugger.
IRIX: Kernel Debugger.
Darwin: Kernel Debugger.
Linux: Nope.
Now of all those operating systems, would you really say that the developers that added a debugger for their own use are not the gifted and 'elite'?
Sadly, the company I work for is full of weak, ordinary people :).
That's just misplaced arrogance, backed by confirmation bias. Truly gifted individuals are smart enough to use the best tool to solve the problem at hand as efficiently as possible. That tool is sometimes a debugger.
Here's a quick survey:
FreeBSD: Kernel Debugger.
Solaris: Kernel Debugger.
NetBSD: Kernel Debugger.
OpenBSD: Kernel Debugger.
IRIX: Kernel Debugger.
Darwin: Kernel Debugger.
Linux: Nope.
Now of all those operating systems, would you really say that the developers that added a debugger for their own use are not the gifted and 'elite'?
Sadly, the company I work for is full of weak, ordinary people :).
I'm sure they just love working with you.