> In my experience, the 10x programmer is a bit of a myth. Where I have seen people do some incredible feats of productivity, it usually came with a clutch of b

> In my experience, the 10x programmer is a bit of a myth. Where I have seen people do some incredible feats of productivity, it usually came with a clutch of bad stuff, too In my experience, the '10x' programmer is not necessarily more productive (as in amount of work done in a certain timeframe), it's that the 10x programmer does better work, resulting in time savings down the line. Fewer bugs, a more flexible architecture, etc. It can be the difference between being able to easily add a new feature in version 2 and having to rewrite half the application.