Re:Busting the 10x software engineer myth
by thinkharderdev on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @09:19AM
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There is a flip side to that as well I think. One 10x developer can be more productive than 10 developers, but often 10 10x developers cannot be as productive as 100 developers. Certain things just don't "scale out" with the sort of creative advantages that highly productive engineers use.
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Re:Busting the 10x software engineer myth
by Gupie on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @09:58AM
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Overly complex code is more difficult to modify than elegant simple code. A 10x developer will produce simple elegant code. That is one reason why they are a 10x developer. Ten 10x developers will create a much more simple solution than 100 standard developers. Standard developers usually create a mess. That is what always happens, we have all seen it. So 10 10x will be much more productive than 100 standard developers.