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Interestingly, there was a discussion on Quora on this exact point: http://www.quora.com/10X-Engineers/Why-are-the-best-programmers-10x-more-productive-than-med

by orijing 15y ago

Interestingly, there was a discussion on Quora on this exact point: http://www.quora.com/10X-Engineers/Why-are-the-best-programmers-10x-more-productive-than-mediocre-programmers-but-paid-only-3x-as-much-Why-aren-t-they-paid-10x-as-much http://www.quora.com/10X-Engineers/Why-are-the-best-programm... Yishan Wong, one of the early engineers at Facebook, claims that 10x engineers are actually compensated much better than they appear to be, and suggests that many of these 10x engineers make their fortune in their own ventures.

nandemo 15y ago
But he provides no evidence for the hypothesis that '"10x" programmers typically do not work for salaries, but end up leaving companies and starting their own (or joining as very early key employees)'. I think there's little connection between being a "10x" programmer and being entrepeneurial.