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A high performing engineer is someone who has above average technical capabilities and also above average social aptitude, IMO. If you can schmooze with stake-
by tuckerpo 4y ago
A high performing engineer is someone who has above average technical capabilities and also above average social aptitude, IMO.
If you can schmooze with stake-holders, explain esoteric subjects to non-technical people in a simple manner, and are pleasant to be around, _on top of_ being able to grok basically any code, you're "10x"
- benreesman 4y agoComp-structure would beg to differ. Being able to do technical work that few others can gets you 5-20x the median. Being able to navigate the Byzantine hallways of high-stakes executive politics, even more. Being able to do both without flashing a “neuro-atypical” badge in any public way? You’re making 10-50MM a year. Consensus around here tends to be that’s a lot more than 10x. So unless the market is utterly busted (which implies an exploitable arbitrage), the notion of a “10x” engineer is way low. What do you reckon Carmack makes when he chooses to work? I bet it’s a lot more than 10x the median.