I agree they exist. The article does too, at the end: ...highly productive developers (10x or otherwise) are problem-solving at a much higher level. Their prod

I agree they exist. The article does too, at the end: ...highly productive developers (10x or otherwise) are problem-solving at a much higher level. Their productivity won’t be apparent from a narrow test, any more than the overall skill of a world-class football player would be apparent from (say) how fast they could run the 100m dash. The most productive developers are solving big problems, and are bringing judgment and experience to bear on essential design, architecture, and “build vs use existing library” decisions. They’re designing key abstractions that will pay dividends through the life of the project...