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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by YetAnotherNick on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:49AM (#34452389)
Academia is not "most fields". Most field is Farmer, business, lawyer, plumber etc.
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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by brushfoot on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:12AM (#34452646)
GP never said it was:

> In academia there are definitely people who are heads and shoulders above others, for example [my emphasis].

GP was providing support for their claim that 10xs exist in most fields. Academia was just one example of a field (or "field of fields"). The same could be said of farming and plumbing.

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