The point is some people will provide an order of magnitude more business value in the long run. Most of that value will be outside of "implementation skill". T

The point is some people will provide an order of magnitude more business value in the long run. Most of that value will be outside of "implementation skill". The 10x programmer isn't really just a programmer. The more decision making power one has the higher the potential multiplier. Trying to find "the 10x programmer" in a large enterprise or a consulting company is like looking for a lion in Sweden. Though even with simple tasks 5x is probably not that rare.