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Are programmers really that unique in that sense? Any profession has people that are considerably more talented than others. (I'm also not at all convinced by
by untog 8y ago
Are programmers really that unique in that sense? Any profession has people that are considerably more talented than others.
(I'm also not at all convinced by the 10x developer myth. There are lots of developers more talented than others... they are senior developers, or whatever role exists beyond that in your company)
- kareemsabri 8y agoNot sure typical union professions do.
- untog 8y agoWhat about actors? They're incredibly unionised, and incredibly split in earning potential.
- kareemsabri 8y agoHmm, that's true. I forgot about actors.
- berbec 8y agoAudra McDonald belongs to the same union as the understudy ensemble member. If Equity can manage it, I'm sure we can too.
- stcredzero 8y agoI'm also not at all convinced by the 10x developer myth. I've yet to meet a 10x code writer who was really worth it. Difficulties in dealing on an interpersonal level usually counteracted whatever advantage they could bring to a team. Much more valuable are the 10x managers. In truth, they're more like 2x or 3x, but they are quite rare though they are quite real.
- xiphias2 8y agoWhat I have seen more are 0.1x managers. They may be just 10% of the managers, but the problem is that if you have a deep hierarchy, you just need one 0.1x manager in the hierarchy to ruin your project.
- rasz 8y ago>I'm also not at all convinced by the 10x developer myth. every single Google employee thinks he is one, after all they survived endless whiteboard interviews and all those clever puzzles!!1 This is also the reason you wont get human support out of Google, why would such superhuman talk to ordinary proles?