The 10x developer makes their whole team better

Post by financltravsty » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 1:01 PM UTC

znpy wrote: post #7

sjeneenee wrote: post #6

If you have ever worked in no-tech IT sectors, such as financial institutions, you'll notice that the overal level of knowledge, even with senior developers, is limited, which makes someone who is just'good'very quickly a 10x developer. But it's not the 10x developer that is super good here, it's the other team members, who are just utter shit

Just to share somewhat of a "corollary" to this: if you get into one of such institutions, chances are there already is a "10x developer" and chances are those environments are the kind of environments where a few people (or maybe a single person) can monopolize the decision making process (because they are regarded as the 10x developer). So think twice about pursuing such environments: very often it's not the other…

Post by heavenlyblue » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 1:29 PM UTC

Narann wrote: post #5

akasakahakada wrote: post #2

> Instead of an engineer who’s an order of magnitude “better” than their peers, leaders should look for people who are willing and able to learn—and to help their whole team learn and execute, too. No. Build a whole team with people who willing to learn new stuff around that rock star.

To continue the analogy: Rock stars want to rock, not to teach music.

Post by abadpoli » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 1:42 PM UTC

Narann wrote: post #5

akasakahakada wrote: post #2

> Instead of an engineer who’s an order of magnitude “better” than their peers, leaders should look for people who are willing and able to learn—and to help their whole team learn and execute, too. No. Build a whole team with people who willing to learn new stuff around that rock star.

To continue the analogy: Rock stars want to rock, not to teach music.

Post by _DeadFred_ » Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 3:54 PM UTC

znpy wrote: post #7

sjeneenee wrote: post #6

If you have ever worked in no-tech IT sectors, such as financial institutions, you'll notice that the overal level of knowledge, even with senior developers, is limited, which makes someone who is just'good'very quickly a 10x developer. But it's not the 10x developer that is super good here, it's the other team members, who are just utter shit

Just to share somewhat of a "corollary" to this: if you get into one of such institutions, chances are there already is a "10x developer" and chances are those environments are the kind of environments where a few people (or maybe a single person) can monopolize the decision making process (because they are regarded as the 10x developer). So think twice about pursuing such environments: very often it's not the other…

Post by bravetraveler » Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 8:46 AM UTC

financltravsty wrote: post #12

znpy wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just to share somewhat of a "corollary" to this: if you get into one of such institutions, chances are there already is a "10x developer" and chances are those environments are the kind of environments where a few people (or maybe a single person) can monopolize the decision making process (because they are regarded as the 10x developer). So think twice about pursuing such environments: very often it's not the other…

Corollary to this: if you find that there is one engineer monopolizing the entire decision-making process, perhaps it's because everyone else is utter shit, and said engineer is tired of having to deal with the insanity of maintaining non-sense thought up by mercurial incompetents without a semblance of technical ability? Perhaps these "toxic behaviors" are a coping strategy to deal with an organization that is woefu…