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Can you elaborate a bit more on what you mean by "force multiplier" please?

• welly 8y ago
  Someone who leads, inspires, gets people working at their best.
• bcherny 8y ago
  Andy Grove talks about this in his excellent High Output Management, where he asks the question: how should knowledge managers (senior ICs) and people managers spend their time? His answer is: on high leverage activities. Instead of fixing a small bug that affects a few customers, fix a big one that impacts revenue; train others to be better engineers, multiplying their future output; improve the process your team uses to build product. Essentially, look for activities that multiply output, rather than add to it.
• hoorayimhelping 8y ago
  They multiply the skills of the people around them. They make everyone else better. It can be via a tool, a process, good code review, opening a path of knowledge, being supportive, giving confidence, listening well, or any number of other things. Gandalf in the battle of Minas Tirith is a huge force multiplier. He embiggens the courage of everyone near him and makes them fight harder and better.