Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer
by emmelaich on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:42PM
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I'd say there are 1000x programmers. Easy. [0]
If we change the question to are there 10x programmers within a team in some "average" company with CVs indicating roughly comparable experience, then ...
The answer is still yes, there are 10x programmers. I've witnessed it myself many times. Not so much because the highs are very high, but the lows are very low.
[0] Fabrice Bellard. John Carmack. Linus Torvalds.
If we change the question to are there 10x programmers within a team in some "average" company with CVs indicating roughly comparable experience, then ...
The answer is still yes, there are 10x programmers. I've witnessed it myself many times. Not so much because the highs are very high, but the lows are very low.
[0] Fabrice Bellard. John Carmack. Linus Torvalds.