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10x+ engineers definitely exist within a given language and tooling stack. If they've got it all roughly memorized from top to bottom -- including all the quir

by kirse 7y ago

10x+ engineers definitely exist within a given language and tooling stack. If they've got it all roughly memorized from top to bottom -- including all the quirks or pain points to avoid -- the ease of expressing a high-level use case in code like "I want the program to do X" becomes much more rapid. They typically also get it right the first time with very few bugs and cover most of the edge cases. I have yet to meet anyone who is 10x+ across environments and tooling setups. It'd be like expecting a master mechanic from Ford who can do an engine rebuild in half a day to step into a Subaru shop and do the same thing. Highly unlikely. Probably still very competent, but not working at that 10x factor. The thing is most programmers these days don't get the time to go deep into a given tooling stack. Or they do and once they've begun to achieve mastery the old stack is no longer popular or what the boss wants, or it's on to a new contract with different requirements that prescribe new tools, etc.

empath75 7y ago
I’m easily 10x most of my team on my current project just because I’ve been living and breathing it for a year (and working on similar technology for a few years) and they’ve only been working on it part time until recently. It takes me half a day to do stories that take them a week or two weeks to do (same amount of story points assigned in sprints). I’ve just given up working on stories recently and have started pair programming because otherwise they’ll just all spin their wheels for days getting nothing accomplished.
sytelus 7y ago
Absolutely no and this is again another myth. The engineers in top of their game are fairly independent of language and stacks. Learning required tools at accelerated speed is a hallmark of top engineers. Most of them often create new stacks and languages from the scratch. Here are some examples of 10x engineers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coders_at_work https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coders_at_work. I don’t think they were 10X only for certain language or stack.
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by kirse 7y ago

empath75 7y ago

I’m easily 10x most of my team on my current project just because I’ve been living and breathing it for a year (and working on similar technology for a few years) and they’ve only been working on it part time until recently. It takes me half a day to do stories that take them a week or two weeks to do (same amount of story points assigned in sprints). I’ve just given up working on stories recently and have started pair programming because otherwise they’ll just all spin their wheels for days getting nothing accomplished.

sytelus 7y ago

Absolutely no and this is again another myth. The engineers in top of their game are fairly independent of language and stacks. Learning required tools at accelerated speed is a hallmark of top engineers. Most of them often create new stacks and languages from the scratch. Here are some examples of 10x engineers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coders_at_work https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coders_at_work. I don’t think they were 10X only for certain language or stack.

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