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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by Izkata on Friday January 20, 2023 @09:31AM (#34453645)
> You'll find a big distribution in talent, but a median producer is not 1/10 the best.

That's also a misunderstanding: The original research that the "10x" label was based on was best-to-worst, not best-to-median.

Also (not so much to you but eh may as well just dump it here): it was "in a given group of experienced programmers". Basically could be thought of as "within a given team". It never meant a single person was themselves always 10x or whatever.

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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by jvanderbot on Friday January 20, 2023 @09:51AM (#34453879)
> That's also a misunderstanding

Well yeah, that's what I'm saying, but thank you for bringing it front and center in a clearer way.

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