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Re:Programming is hard by robocat on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @05:20PM (#26717526)
> Never give up. Regardless of how technically challenging or impossible a task seems, they will work tirelessly to find a solution.

That is actually a failure mode - the engineer that tirelessly works towards an impossible goal.

The 10x engineer has the critical heuristics/intuition/skill to avoid dead-ends, and also the engineering taste to concentrate on technically hard but possible tasks and the skills to deliver.

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Re:Programming is hard by adam_arthur on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:29PM (#26718653)
For sure, if the task is truly impossible.

I more often see junior employees give up on tasks they think are impossible that aren't.

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