In my experience, no-one gets to 10x by just banging harder and letting other people cleaning up the mess. Yeah, that's a good one. Cleaning up your messes is

In my experience, no-one gets to 10x by just banging harder and letting other people cleaning up the mess. Yeah, that's a good one. Cleaning up your messes is a way to improve your architecture skill quickly. I can give you other ideas that will quickly push you to 10x skill level: * Focus. Put away your phone, don't surf the internet at work. That alone will raise you above the crowd and let you go home early. * Fix bugs early. Don't send them out to QA, don't send them to customers. Once your bug count starts increasing, it's a death cycle that slows you down like molasses. * As soon as bugs (or problems) come in, try to think of a way to avoid that problem in the future. Over time, you'll develop habits that will serve you well.