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Oddly enough the world champion deadlift is exactly 10x the amount I feel comfortable deadlifting right now (I haven’t been doing it for long) https://en.m.wiki

by texuf 3y ago

Oddly enough the world champion deadlift is exactly 10x the amount I feel comfortable deadlifting right now (I haven’t been doing it for long) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Deadlift_Championships https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Deadlift_Champions...

p-e-w 3y ago
Those guys weigh 150+ kg though, since deadlifting is a rather informal competition without weight classes. Unless you weigh the same, comparing yourself to them doesn't make sense. I am not physically active at all, and the world record for weightlifters in my weight class is around 3 times what I am able to lift with zero training.
- josephg 3y ago
  > Unless you weigh the same, comparing yourself to them doesn't make sense. Of course it does. The “10x developer” claim is that some people have 150+ kg equivalent brains when it comes to programming. In the right environment they’re lifting 10x more code. Just like with weightlifting, it might not be healthy or useful to compare your productivity to theirs because it hurts and it doesn’t really matter anyway. But just like with weightlifting, the comparison can still be made. Most of us work with other people in our “intellectual weight class” - so you might not meet many developers that much smarter than you. But they’re out there. The Jeff Deans of this world aren’t spending their time closing jira tickets for simple web apps.
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    > The “10x developer” claim is that some people have 150+ kg equivalent brains when it comes to programming. Software development on a team is more than bashing code; a 10× developer is probably most often a 3× coder who helps makes seven 1× teammates into 2× coders.
    - josephg 3y ago
      I think both types exist. There are certainly 10x managers, who write no code but make their entire team multiple times more effective than they would be otherwise.

by texuf 3y ago

p-e-w 3y ago

Those guys weigh 150+ kg though, since deadlifting is a rather informal competition without weight classes. Unless you weigh the same, comparing yourself to them doesn't make sense. I am not physically active at all, and the world record for weightlifters in my weight class is around 3 times what I am able to lift with zero training.

josephg 3y ago
> Unless you weigh the same, comparing yourself to them doesn't make sense. Of course it does. The “10x developer” claim is that some people have 150+ kg equivalent brains when it comes to programming. In the right environment they’re lifting 10x more code. Just like with weightlifting, it might not be healthy or useful to compare your productivity to theirs because it hurts and it doesn’t really matter anyway. But just like with weightlifting, the comparison can still be made. Most of us work with other people in our “intellectual weight class” - so you might not meet many developers that much smarter than you. But they’re out there. The Jeff Deans of this world aren’t spending their time closing jira tickets for simple web apps.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  > The “10x developer” claim is that some people have 150+ kg equivalent brains when it comes to programming. Software development on a team is more than bashing code; a 10× developer is probably most often a 3× coder who helps makes seven 1× teammates into 2× coders.
  - josephg 3y ago
    I think both types exist. There are certainly 10x managers, who write no code but make their entire team multiple times more effective than they would be otherwise.