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No, because 10x is a myth. Usually someone described (probably by themselves) as a 10xer are the ones responsible for the code base being so bad in the first p
by flukus 10y ago
No, because 10x is a myth.
Usually someone described (probably by themselves) as a 10xer are the ones responsible for the code base being so bad in the first place. 10xers only work on green fields, they never get a chance to see what a catastrophe their ideas turned out to be.
- gregjor 10y agoGeneralizations, not true. In my experience many of the most talented and valuable programmers work on important legacy systems. There is a class of programmers who only want to work on green fields projects, and they may think they are 10X or ninjas or rockstars. They aren't. That's arrogance, not skill or expertise or ability to deliver. I have 40 years programming experience to back that up. I agree that measuring individual programming productivity, or making any general statements about it, can be so hard that it's almost meaningless to say anything. Someone can be wildly good on project A with team X, and then flail on project B with yeam Y. I wrote about this: http://typicalprogrammer.com/why-dont-software-development-methodologies-work http://typicalprogrammer.com/why-dont-software-development-m...
- _benedict 10y ago"That's arrogance... I have 40 years programming experience to back that up." Ironic juxtaposition.
- gregjor 10y agoMaybe, I didn't notice that. I was pointing out the difference between experience and believing that I can do better than other programmers because I watched an online course about AngularJS and now I can fix everything. I try to stay humble when learning a new code base.