While I'm all for empowering your best contributors, I'll repeat what I say every time I hear someone mythologize about "10x engineers": if you want a 10x engin

While I'm all for empowering your best contributors, I'll repeat what I say every time I hear someone mythologize about "10x engineers": if you want a 10x engineer, you need to pay a 10x salary. When companies say they want a 10x engineer, what they really mean is that they want an engineer who will work for 10x less than they're worth.