Probably the notion of a 10x engineer doesn't carry well across some cultures. In some, it's considered that it takes a village to build a hero. Japan has a st

Probably the notion of a 10x engineer doesn't carry well across some cultures. In some, it's considered that it takes a village to build a hero. Japan has a strong craftsmanship culture, so I'd expect them to have engineers that do really well too. But from what I hear from friends who worked there, they work late hours, sleep late, wake late, come in late, and it's pretty much the effectiveness of a 9-5 culture.