Hmmm a 10x programmer is not mostly programming at all. It's the guy who mitigates the technical risk of a project properly, chooses the most appropriate tools

Hmmm a 10x programmer is not mostly programming at all. It's the guy who mitigates the technical risk of a project properly, chooses the most appropriate tools to complete the job and assembles a team to get it done. A project that handles these tasks poorly can easily cost ten times as much as the same task executed well.