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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by Ensorceled on Friday January 20, 2023 @10:04AM (#34454034)
> I think the highly productive programmer who ships features like crazy but leaves a trail of garbage in their wake for others to clean up is actually the most common archetype I’ve seen in real life.

Yes. I've encountered more of these than I have 10x developers. In fact, I've FIRED more of these than I've encountered 10x developers.

That doesn't mean 10x developers don't exist.

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Re:The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer (2020) by SilasX on Friday January 20, 2023 @11:35AM (#34455547)
Yep. I’ve noticed that the term “10xer” gets used in both the sarcastic and the serious sense, and it’s important to keep the archetypes and characteristics separate. I tried to clarify in this old comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18462325

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