Exactly what salawat said. The 10x coder isn't the "hotshot" type. They're 10x because they build systems well enough to deliver 10x the features, 10x the relia

Exactly what salawat said. The 10x coder isn't the "hotshot" type. They're 10x because they build systems well enough to deliver 10x the features, 10x the reliability, etc., etc. What isn't well understood is that software is never fully spec-ed out. No matter how hard some businesses may try, only the coder is in the position to find corner cases, unspecified cases, cases that "shouldn't happen" (but can), and just bugs in the spec. It's unrealistic to build a quality system without a feedback loop between the people writing the spec and the people coding the spec. Both sides have to be smart and engaged. There's certainly nothing wrong with the article. I didn't see it taking a point-of-view on who is and isn't to blame. It's telling factual information, which is relevant to the story of what happened, and you can make your own judgments.