Defect Rates and Serialization
Compile time or run time bugs that occur in a developers office only affect that developer
Once a defect is checked-in, the number of people affected by the defect increases
Best developers are going to check-in a runtime or compile time mistake at least twice each year
Best developers will be able to cope with a checked-in compile time or run time break very quickly (about 20 minutes end-to-end)
As the code base gets larger, and as the team gets larger, these numbers typically double