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Well, none of this applies to me personally, since I'm not working at all, and would never work for one of the big tech companies. Most people I see making six
by caymanjim 7y ago
Well, none of this applies to me personally, since I'm not working at all, and would never work for one of the big tech companies. Most people I see making six figures aren't actually all that productive. I don't believe in the 10X engineer, but I may believe in the -10X engineer.
- taffer 7y ago> I don't believe in the 10X engineer, but I may believe in the -10X engineer. I think you mean a X/10 Engineer. A -10X engineer would have to work backwards.
- thatswrong0 7y agoI think it’s possible to have a -X engineer.. someone who might accomplish some amount of work but then also create a lot more work for everyone else, enough that they’re actually a net drain in productivity. I’m sure there are quite a few -NX managers as well
- caymanjim 7y agoThat is what I meant. I've worked with a lot of expensive engineers who created net negative value, drained the resources of everyone around them, and would have created a more productive team simply by departing and being replaced with no one.