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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by Consultant32452 on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:58AM (#34452479)
I consciously reduce my output to be at about the 70th percentile of whatever team I'm on, with short bursts of max productivity when I subjectively feel like it will help the team get out of a pinch. People like me a lot more this way.
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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by shapefrog on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:11AM (#34452638)
Being seen to be labouring away also becomes important. Punching out 3x others, while working regular hours against visibly "harder working" people - leads to a reputation of being lazy.
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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by Consultant32452 on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:18AM (#34452716)
Only accepting remote work positions has fixed this problem for me.
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