| ▲ | leptons 3 hours ago | |
There's no such thing as a "10x" programmer, and anyone who uses it doesn't know what they're talking about. 10x relative to what exactly? It's not a statement grounded in any kind of reality. | ||
| ▲ | simonw an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
10x makes sense only in terms of specific technology platforms. I'm a 10x programmer at building Django apps compared to a developer who has never worked with Django before. Someone who developers against WordPress on a daily basis will easily 10x my own attempts at building things on that platform. | ||
| ▲ | jay_kyburz 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I've never understood it to be literal, but from my experience there is a big difference between the folks that show up to work on time, jump right into their work, they pay attention in meetings, know code base, and have the ability "lock in" as my kids say. On the other hand you have folks that show up late, spend all day chatting at the water cooler, get distracted with home stuff, comment on hacker news all day, and only manage to squeeze in a few hours of actual work a day. | ||
| ▲ | hackable_sand 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It's a transparent exercise in ego-stroking to justify one's commitment to capital incentives. | ||