The problem with glorifying so called 10x programmers is that it acts as a rationale for all kinds of dysfunctional / toxic behavior, both from managers and emp

The problem with glorifying so called 10x programmers is that it acts as a rationale for all kinds of dysfunctional / toxic behavior, both from managers and employees. Non-technical managers will accept mysteriously outweighed contributions from a staff member because they now believe it's entirely plausible that this person really is 10x as productive. When in fact they are creating piles of tech debt, grossly violating the archtictural norms, processes or other team-based aspects that everyone else is doing. Engineers will see it as permission to cast aside solid, careful, thoughtful and consultative engineering process and just ram out code at a velocity nobody else can keep pace with. They may even use it to rationalize why they don't have to comply with processes the rest of the team is doing that slow them down. Put together the managers and engineers both become enablers of unsustainable situation that, even if it works for a short while, is unhealthy and leads to lots of issues, whether they are technical, organizational or personal issues with staff (envy, exceptionalism, passive aggressive behavior etc etc).