My new favourite in recent years is being a 10x engineer but working at an org that forces you to be 1x. You could build software that is more reliable, fast,

My new favourite in recent years is being a 10x engineer but working at an org that forces you to be 1x. You could build software that is more reliable, fast, and easier to maintain but they won’t let you. They want you to work on feature X. Once that is done they want feature Y. And it keeps going with never ending deadlines so that all the company is capable of is mediocrity. I think I’d like working with these 1x engineers. The worst 10x and 1x engineers I’ve worked with walk into a room and think, “everyone else is terrible at this, good thing I’m here.” They speak in absolutes and assume the worst from other people. They always seem frustrated and ready to vent. They’re often more opinionated than pragmatic. It can be a slog working with these folks.