How to be a -10x Engineer
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How to be a -10x Engineer
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Re: How to be a -10x Engineer
#2Got it. The -10x engineer is bad management who are in turn bad because the rest of the business is completely illiterate about anything even slightly technical.
Re: How to be a -10x Engineer
#3This reads a lot like one of those WW2 low-risk sabotage manuals.
Re: How to be a -10x Engineer
#4Got it. The -10x engineer is bad management who are in turn bad because the rest of the business is completely illiterate about anything even slightly technical.
That was roughly my takeaway, as well as personal experience. Even if there's an actual engineer operating at <= 0×, it's still mostly a management problem. There may be rare cases when someone is quietly subversive, where it would clearly be that ICs fault.
Re: How to be a -10x Engineer
#5You forgot the most crucial part to making a career in big corps:
After you fucked everything up "rescue" the project with witnesses.
Re: How to be a -10x Engineer
#6Got it. The -10x engineer is bad management who are in turn bad because the rest of the business is completely illiterate about anything even slightly technical.
> the rest of the business is completely illiterate about anything even slightly technical
It is that moment of realization that you're entirely responsible for the fate of the company, and you either think "I better tread carefully" or "This should be rewritten in Rust."
Re: How to be a -10x Engineer
#7Thanks for sharing! I'll start putting everything here in practice immediately. Some of these are already widely practiced at the company I work for, though, so I probably won't stand out too much.
Re: How to be a -10x Engineer
#8The "don't rock boats" is really what can slowly destroy companies. The -nx engineers know a lot of other -nx engineers that can come onboard until the stable boat just sinks.
Re: How to be a -10x Engineer
#9Frankly there's a kernel of truth in here. We've all worked with that one engineer who seems to have a knack for creating chaos and confusion. But let's not forget, it's also important to acknowledge the value of a good -1x engineer - they're the ones who make us appreciate the +1x engineers even more!
Re: How to be a -10x Engineer
#10This reads a lot like one of those WW2 low-risk sabotage manuals.
That's a perfect metaphor.