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In my decades of experience I have yet to meet this mythical 10x or 100x programmer, but what I have seen is every once in a while somebody (probably a programm
by jaredcwhite 7y ago
In my decades of experience I have yet to meet this mythical 10x or 100x programmer, but what I have seen is every once in a while somebody (probably a programmer but not necessarily) is able to take the reins in implementing a new process, or tool, or framework, or whatever, which dramatically increases productivity for the whole team. Conversely, I've seen programmers who don't try to get on board any such possible initiatives and who drag the team down as a result.
So for me, the question isn't how productive one person is. It's how productive a collective can be as they work together, and how fast is the rate of improvement over time?
- mrdoops 7y agoProductivity is subjective to what's important for the team or organization. I can be productively wasting time if that's my goal. A 10x programmer with superhuman coding powers doesn't really exist, but a programmer who delivers 10x more value to a team or shared goal can look that way.
- Izkata 7y ago> but what I have seen is every once in a while somebody (probably a programmer but not necessarily) is able to [..] which dramatically increases productivity for the whole team. One of the common alternate explanations of 10x I've seen puts those people into the group: Adding a 1x person to a team results in +1 output for the whole team, while adding a 10x person to a team results in +10 output for the whole team regardless of how much that single person outputs on their own. The business jargon for this type of 10x-er is "force multiplier". Whether or not they do a lot themselves doesn't matter, they bring the rest of the team up a level to where it's as if multiple people were added to the team.
- slim 7y agomaybe because you are the 10x