> It seems blindingly obvious that there are people out there who are just... dramatically more effective programmers, in a holistic net-value-to-organization/world sense. Fabrice Bellard and John Carmack, to name two that jump to mind.

Or Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez)

Or Guido Van Rossum

All also known to be very nice people. And that would deny they are 10x :)