Re:Software engineering topics I changed my mind on
by radicalbyte on Sunday January 24, 2021 @07:08AM
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Totally agree; I'm now very similar to your example, only I came from being one "the" 10x-er. Then I worked with another 10x-er at the same time as we had our first kid. With no sleep and no time to learn I could remain a 10x-er so transitioned into a Tech Lead (and am now moving towards CTO).
Now I spent my time optimising/running the system of software creation and delivery, being the face and the glue - because hey, that's me.
Some people are force multipliers. They make everyone around them more efficient. BUT people like this are hard to determine with Standard Performance Indicators.
Personal anecdote:
I had to fight tooth and nail to keep a junior coder in my team because "she wasn't performing well". Yes, she didn't commit often and her code quality was average at best. Tasks took longer than average to complete as well.
But what she DID DO was keep the two auteur seat-of-their-pants 10x coders in her team focused and on task, made sure to ask the correct questions and had them document their work. She also took over their customer-facing stuff so the socially awkward 10x pair didn't need to do that.
None of this showed up on standard performance indicators.
Now she's a team lead at the same company, managing the two 10x-ers.