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> There are no 10x engineers, but plenty of .1x engineers. If there are plenty of 0.1x engineers, then an x engineer is actually 10 times better. The units doe
by pmelendez 11y ago
> There are no 10x engineers, but plenty of .1x engineers.
If there are plenty of 0.1x engineers, then an x engineer is actually 10 times better. The units doesn't matter if the ratio keeps being the same.
- ben174 11y agoI think that's kinda the point. It's saying the ratio is accurate, but it's not due to humans with some superpower. It's that there are many people in the field who underperform.
- braythwayt 11y agoThat’s true in a mathematical sense, but it’s not how some or possibly most brains work. For example, “plenty of .1x” engineers doesn’t have to imply a majority, it could be just enough that you run into them on a regular basis. If you were interviewing and on Monday you have a 1x engineer and 9 .1x engineers, you’d assert you met a 10x engineer. Then on Wednesday if you had 9 1x engineers and one .1x engineer, you’d assert you met a .1x engineer.
- jt2190 11y agoYes, and the actual 10x engineer will probably be compared to a 1x engineer who the organization currently considers their 10x engineer. This may cause the organization to reject the 10x engineer, simply because they don't know what a real 10x'er looks like.