Programming is a competitive sport see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming Assuming

Programming is a competitive sport see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming Assuming you're talking about programming as a profession, then this would mean that the idea of a 10x or 100x is myth.