[robmcm]

How about work hours, programming hours, developer hours, or perhaps even just simply hours?

Could in theory be done by a really talented member of anothery species.

[yareally]

> Could in theory be done by a really talented member of anothery species

Not sure we'll reach the point of highly intelligent, tool making chimps and New Caledonian crows writing their own applications. "Murderable" (of crows) hours would lead to some humorous situations though.

[robmcm]

Obviously not programming, but perhaps the visual design [1] ;)

[1] http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/12-artsy-ani...

[s73v3r]

"Hours" implies that it's all linear; that one task can't go until the previous is done. "Man Hours" indicates that it's the amount of time needed to complete the task, but isn't solely dependent on linear ordering