> It means 10x the median productivity, i.e. 10x a competent programmer. Echoing what others have written. The median programmer is a not a "competent program

> It means 10x the median productivity, i.e. 10x a competent programmer. Echoing what others have written. The median programmer is a not a "competent programmer". The median programmer is pretty bad. EDIT: Or to be precise, "competence" depends on how you measure it. The "median programmer" is certainly competent at many tasks. But there are plenty of programming/engineering challenges that the median programmer is completely unqualified to perform.