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Re:Another Theory to Explain 10X Programmers by qznc on Monday January 05, 2015 @07:04AM (#8838359)
The scientific evidence [0] compares to "worst" for 10X, not "average".

[0] http://www.construx.com/10x_Software_Development/Origins_of_...

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Re:Another Theory to Explain 10X Programmers by LaSEctOc on Monday January 05, 2015 @07:47AM (#8838474)
In my experience, the worst programmers have negative productivity. 10X programmers must be real monsters.
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Re:Another Theory to Explain 10X Programmers by CmonDev on Monday January 05, 2015 @08:24AM (#8838600)
Because they have negative productivity multiplied by 10?
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Re:Another Theory to Explain 10X Programmers by devanti on Monday January 05, 2015 @07:09AM (#8838372)
In that case, there are "InfiniteX" programmers. The worst programmers will get stuck on complex problems and may never complete the task without help. It all depends on the task.

And I say "average" programmer because average is fairly bad if you look at the workforce on a global scale.

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