>Why would let you of a 10X engineer? Because you axed a 400 person division and at least a few of those folks were the mythical 10X-ers. >You'd have to be an

>Why would let you of a 10X engineer? Because you axed a 400 person division and at least a few of those folks were the mythical 10X-ers. >You'd have to be an idiot. Maybe. There are plenty of idiots in upper management with the power to decide who stays and who goes. But back to the hypothetical 400 person division, the executive will see a spreadsheet with $$$ expenditure and -$$$ revenue and make the cut with little concern for individual abilities.