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It sounds like you disagree with the concept of a 10x engineer then. In which case you should avoid using the term, rather than making up a new definition.
by JimDabell 3y ago
It sounds like you disagree with the concept of a 10x engineer then. In which case you should avoid using the term, rather than making up a new definition.
- robocat 3y agoConcepts and words change meaning and sometimes we all need to accept that the popular meaning is not the definition we use. This is especially common when dealing with historical or academic definitions versus common modern usage. "Evolution" particularly annoys me. You should avoid using the term, rather than using a definition at odds with common usage. Your usage is confusing - and that is why you are getting push-back. The definition you have given is nonsensical - it can't be consistent over time or between companies because it depends on finding a minimum in a group. And a value that is strongly dependent on the worst developer is useless because it mostly measures how bad the worst developer is - it doesn't say anything about how good the best developer is.