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The Ideal of a 10x Developer Should Not Be Upheld
- kgraves 7y agoA well written article with most of the points I agree with about the 10x developer myth. But I am completely lost on the last point that the OP made about another myth this time on 'diversity'. > Most importantly, putting the 10x developer on a pedestal is especially damaging to people from underrepresented groups. To self-identify as a 10x developer who deserves to be praised and left alone to work, you have privilege granted by being a member of the dominant culture. Disagree. Let's assume that the 10x developer myth is true, are you saying that all other 'minority' groups cannot also be 10x developers? I am pretty sure that the opposite can also be true in some companies given this assumption of this myth being true. > ...By celebrating the 10x developer, you are upholding an ideal of a white cis-male developer propagated by Silicon Valley... Bitch please, every time we associate popular ideas such as this being exclusive to white cis-males to antagonise other races is just as harmful and doesn't help your argument at all. I think this patronizes other developers from 'minority groups' into believing that they cannot be competitive with their white counter-parts due to their race. There is a reason why Silicon Valley invented the diversity myth.