Let's compare writing software to writing English. (Writing is kinda an individual sport) Almost everyone can write a short story in English, but the 10x writer

Let's compare writing software to writing English. (Writing is kinda an individual sport) Almost everyone can write a short story in English, but the 10x writers really really stand out. Writing isn't a perfect analogy - we generally think of programming as a skill (right and wrong, boolean, either you can or can't) and writing as an art (shades of gray, non-boolean skill). The assumption is that more people being able to make things with code would make the 10x engineer less valuable - but I think it makes them more valuable. In a noisy world - only the truly great can stand out. And to really make our future great, we are going to need a lot more than CRUD web apps. I could be wrong - but I don't think this is as cut and dry as the author claims.