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If you would try to unearth the "10x developer" study you will be in for a similar surprise.

• Cthulhu_ 5y ago
  Probably, but there's a grain of truth in it. A "1x developer" will do what they're told, write code, do the 9-5 churn, go home, sleep, repeat. A "10x developer" will / should apply a bit more critical thinking and see if there's a ready-made solution, a product, or a workaround to avoid writing code in the first place. They use their experience and, I presume, personality, to provide 10x more value to their employer or project than the head-down-and-write-code developer. Remember, code is just a tool to achieve a goal, it is not THE goal itself. At least, it shouldn't be, I've seen enough projects where they turned code and architecture into the goal itself (think: microservices well before launch, Scala to stroke own egoes and weed out mediocre developers, writing your own frameworks or ready-to-run cloud platforms, etc)
  • randomdata 5y ago
    > Remember, code is just a tool to achieve a goal, it is not THE goal itself. Which is why I find it strange that we're hired as "software developers", not "problem solvers." But since we are, it pigeonholes the solutions, and with that code does become the goal. In most shops "I'm going to need a lathe and a mill" would never fly with management, even if that is what would actually provide the best solution. Once hired as a software developer, the business expects that you will find a software development solution.