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Did the company also pay 10x the market rates? Of course not, because they aren't really hiring 10x programmers (whatever that is), they are just hiring low se
by raducu 8y ago
Did the company also pay 10x the market rates?
Of course not, because they aren't really hiring 10x programmers (whatever that is), they are just hiring low self-esteem people, slap the 10xer label on them, strap them on the hamster wheel and work them to death.
It's a bit like the series "The Good Place" -- "heeeyyyy we only hire 10xers, you're a 10xer, aren't you proud? Right, now go prove you're a 10xer by working your butt off".
- gaius 8y ago“My boss bet me I couldn’t work 100 hours this week and I proved him wrong!” is how I look at things like this. People actually brag about how exploited they are, it’s bizarre.
- avgDev 8y agoI may be a shitty person because of this.....but I exploit people like this sometimes, especially 'bros'. This works well when surrounded by a group of people. All you gotta say is...man there is no way anyone would do this, you would have to be a bad ass....smarter people usually ignore it but there is often one dude seeking attention that will do something stupid because he wants to be that bad ass.
- bradleyjg 8y agoI found this to be a really eye opening article: https://hbr.org/2018/02/if-youre-so-successful-why-are-you-still-working-70-hours-a-week https://hbr.org/2018/02/if-youre-so-successful-why-are-you-s... on what the author calls "insecure overachievers".