None of those list items help me differentiate a 1x engineer from an anything else engineer, insofar as either category exists. The whole idea of engineers as

None of those list items help me differentiate a 1x engineer from an anything else engineer, insofar as either category exists. The whole idea of engineers as fungible resources with output that can be represented with a single digit is silly to begin with, and I fully support attacks on the concept, but this isn't attacking any of the fundamental problems. It's attaching "be agreeable, think long term, and don't overwork yourself or your team" to the bandwagon of "a 10x engineer is a silly idea." However, while those two aren't mutually exclusive, they're not the same thing. Calling yourself an anythingx engineer is giving tacit approval to the idea you can even measure output with a number, even if you do it ironically.