Re:Stop saying 10x developer
by stavros on Thursday August 25, 2022 @07:35PM
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> Further, if programming skill follows a normal distribution, the 10x programmer bucket is under 1% of the population.
How does that follow? If someone on the 50th percentile takes X to do a job, someone on the 99th percentile might well take 49 hours. Someone who takes 5 hours to do the same job might be in the 0.0000001%, or not exist at all, or be in the 51st percentile.
How does that follow? If someone on the 50th percentile takes X to do a job, someone on the 99th percentile might well take 49 hours. Someone who takes 5 hours to do the same job might be in the 0.0000001%, or not exist at all, or be in the 51st percentile.