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Does not scream 10x to me. Your description sounds like you are simply very experienced at this job and the software made and used there. A good senior develope
by zelphirkalt 4y ago
Does not scream 10x to me. Your description sounds like you are simply very experienced at this job and the software made and used there. A good senior developer, who has spent a long time at the job should be like that. I think 10x is nonsense anyway, except if compared to subpar developers. You are probably good at thinking about edge cases, while others are too inexperienced or lazy to take care of those.
Sticking to a job can enable you to know most or all of the software there. Over time it forges the connections in the brain, that make you immediately think of important aspects and how things work together. It is good, that people realize, that they should include you in architecture meetings and such to get your input on things.
What you can do is, that you present problems you are thinking about and ask other developers for their input. Maybe even, if you already got a solution. You can also act as a mentor to get them up to speed. It can be very satisfying, if you manage to guide someone else to some learnings and then see how they are able to solve things on their own using that knowledge. Teaching is a very important thing one can do in society.
Also do not forget, that not everyone wants to work at high capacity all the time. People can also lean back a bit, when someone very reliable will take care of the problems. Perhaps decide to not influence some project at all for a change.