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> Good developers are the ones that create code that resists the slide from a 10x code-base to a 0.1x code-base That may be true of good developers. On the oth
by notJim 6y ago
> Good developers are the ones that create code that resists the slide from a 10x code-base to a 0.1x code-base
That may be true of good developers. On the other hand, in my experience "10x developers" are the ones causing the slide.
- MiroF 6y ago> 10x developers If they're causing code quality slide, they're not a "10x developer."
- kulig 6y agoFrom business people's perspective they are.
- yakireev 6y ago"No true Scotsman"
- jimbokun 6y agoA Scotsman will always be a Scotsman due to his ancestry or citizenship. If a 10x developer does not deliver 10x productivity or value of the median developer, they do not meet the definition of a 10x developer.
- legulere 6y agoDepends on the project. If you have to develop features just for ticking off points in a contract that nobody will ever use or prototyping it can be pretty useful. If that code will run 10+ years then not.
- andrewingram 6y agoThis feels like the ones often seen as 10x heroes, because they're the only ones who can be productive in the mess they created.