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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by thomasmatecki on Friday January 20, 2023 @09:29AM (#34453621)
Important to note that in your example and in software engineering, the 10x "skill" is not something measurable by "output". The 10x myth is mired in the fallacy that a 10x'er can develop a product 10 times faster. Fred Brooks-esque principles are still constraining.

It's possible for someone to be 10 times more capable of diagnosing problems, but they don't fix 10 times as many cars.

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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by stickfigure on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:38PM (#34456638)
The productivity difference in software engineering (tackling real-world projects) is vastly greater than 10X. We are flush with stories of teams that burn through huge sums and completely fail to deliver a working product. Delivery vs nondelivery is ∞X.
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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by jonny_eh on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:38PM (#34458583)
Knowing what to build, and just as importantly what not, is everything. From my experience PMs are not any better at this than engineers.
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