Re:Busting the 10x software engineer myth
by sneak on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @07:39AM
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No, the 10x developer is someone who, alone in a room, can ship in y period of time the same thing it would take 10 median developers y units of time to ship, or one median developer 10y units of time
to ship.
Because of the mythical man month, the 10 will actually take >y time to do it, due to coordination overhead. The 10xer will still ship the item in 1y. A big part of the leap from 5x to 10x is being able to dodge communication overhead.
Some are also good at boosting their team. Some only work well alone.
Because of the mythical man month, the 10 will actually take >y time to do it, due to coordination overhead. The 10xer will still ship the item in 1y. A big part of the leap from 5x to 10x is being able to dodge communication overhead.
Some are also good at boosting their team. Some only work well alone.