> but it's unclear if that'd be a negative number or a 0.1x A negative number. A 0.1x programmer gets work done acceptably but is slow. A negative programmer

> but it's unclear if that'd be a negative number or a 0.1x A negative number. A 0.1x programmer gets work done acceptably but is slow. A negative programmer on the other hand creates more work for other people to fix, and you’d be better off not having them touch the code at all.