Re:Busting the 10x software engineer myth
by samsquire on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @08:48AM
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This is wrong. Rewriting your code in Elm (or other niche language) doesn't make you a 10x developer.
Same way rewriting your code in Rust doesn't make you a 10x developer for removing memory safety issues.
A 10x more productive developer is more productive within an ecosystem against others who are also in that same ecosystem. It's not fair to compare a C developer to a Rust developer in terms of developer skill. But maybe productivity you could. Like how Python is more productive than C++ but you don't call the Python developer a 10x developer.
Same way rewriting your code in Rust doesn't make you a 10x developer for removing memory safety issues.
A 10x more productive developer is more productive within an ecosystem against others who are also in that same ecosystem. It's not fair to compare a C developer to a Rust developer in terms of developer skill. But maybe productivity you could. Like how Python is more productive than C++ but you don't call the Python developer a 10x developer.