Why not? If the rumors are true, there are people who don’t commit code (or design docs etc) for months on end. Wouldn’t it be pretty easy to identify those people?

I work with a pretty good QA tester guy who doesn't write any of code, but can configure an entire realistic test network across Windows / Linux servers, Android devices, IOS devices in a day.

Are ya going to fire him after seeing his lack of GIT commits after one week as CEO?

Well the current events says Engineers were asked to print code which applies to only relevant parties (ex, people who are expected to commit code). If you are QA testing and aren't expected to commit code then it should be obvious that you are not subjected to that rubric.

Obviously I meant if their job duties involve writing code or something…

You might want to calibrate your view of what is obvious. Which is the point gp was making.

Because you and I both know those rumors aren't true. Upper management at any big company isn't going to let any of that slide no matter the culture. And implying that 50% of people are that level of unproductive is laughable by any metric. You could probably make some shit up by pointing at a technical manager that hasn't written code in a while but that's not indicative of their actual performance.

It's dishonest to say they won't rank before firing.

But worst case...

These firing decisions are not irreversible! If you accidentally fire a 10x programmer, you can re-hire.

> These firing decisions are not irreversible! If you accidentally fire a 10x programmer, you can re-hire.

Ha! At a significant price premium, or that programmer is a moron.

All of Musk's companies have a reputation for being really sucky places to work. Interesting, but poorly paid, authoritarian and very long hours. It's suffering you accept to learn stuff and then leave, I've heard it described. Not a place to have kids.

Meaning Musk cannot rehire anyone who's left these companies.

>At a significant price premium, or that programmer is a moron.

You're stating the obvious as if it's not implied by my statement.

Alternatively, they might be A-OK returning to their codebase/team without fuss.

Edit: even if you pay an exorbitant premium, that could be cheaper than keeping N other 1x or -X programmers.

Wouldn’t call that obvious - a whole host of reasons exists as to why one wouldn’t rejoin a company that just fired them, many not related to money.

You're mixing and raising new issues beyond rehire price for an individual.

Who are you disagreeing with?

A 10x programmer isn't going to come back to a company that fired him for nonsense reasons.

No true scotsman fallacy aside, firms make this mistake all the time and have to rehire the star/legacy maintainer at contractor rates to keep things running.