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Re:10X Programmer and Other Software Engineering Myths by sz4kerto on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @09:47AM (#9296079)
Because they are people who found their places where they can strive. Hire Carmack into an accounting software GUI dev position, and you probably won't see a 1000% advantage compared to his peers.

In some other situations/environments he might be even worse than his peers.

Right people, right place, right time, right behavior.

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Re:10X Programmer and Other Software Engineering Myths by Swizec on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @09:51AM (#9296111)
Hence why it's been a social faux pas for the last 10+ years to tell a non-hire anything other than "We're not a match".
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