10x engineer obviously do not do 10x work, because 10x work usually means 10x bugs. 10x engineer cut the implementation complexity from 10x -> 1x, and then pro

10x engineer obviously do not do 10x work, because 10x work usually means 10x bugs. 10x engineer cut the implementation complexity from 10x -> 1x, and then proceed to do that, while still satisfying business/product intention. Generating 1000x code is more like being a -1000x engineer.