Though this is true. No one knows everything and the chain is as strong as its weakest link. Ultimately 10x programmers have to end up working with 1x 2x 3x.. y

Though this is true. No one knows everything and the chain is as strong as its weakest link. Ultimately 10x programmers have to end up working with 1x 2x 3x.. you get the idea. They also have to deal with tools and bad decision making and bureaucracy and real life. Success is often defined by how well everyone and the market come together. Was Jack a 10x programmer, I doubt that very much. The focus should be on how to make everyone better. Not how each programmer can show off his skills at the cost to other people who might not be as good as him. In fact that's why programmers in the Valley aren't making a million a piece. They don't stick together, they compete to outdo each other, and management moves in for the kill.