anmxxx

Indeed! Did he get time to "share knowledge with his peers". Would he have been credited for it? Would his position in the corporation have gotten more secure?

In a U.S. corporation, the answer to all these questions is "no".

This is a silly framing of the 10x engineer issue. That label originally designated someone who had written an unusual amount of excellent software.

Recently in the discussions here, people take it to mean someone who cobbles together broken apps at a rapid pace and gets credit from management for being a hero. This is not what 10x engineer means. Please find another label for that phenomenon, for example 10x faker.