I’ll add that toxicity is not unique to 10x. Your last line covers that but many people tend to think 1x people are necessarily more humble by virtue of knowing

I’ll add that toxicity is not unique to 10x. Your last line covers that but many people tend to think 1x people are necessarily more humble by virtue of knowing their output relative to the team. (Assuming everyone believes in the 1x/10x thing) I’ve known plenty of mediocre devs who would be a 0.5x but thought they should be a 10x and made up the difference in unfounded confidence.