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afpx on Sept 22, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Busting the 10x software engineer myth

I've worked with hundreds of average (professional) developers over the years, and I've only met 1 person who was a 3x developer. I've met several 2x developers and lots of 1.5x developers. I assume a 5x developer exists, but I doubt a 10x does.

timando on Sept 23, 2021 [–]

When your baseline is 0.1x developers, a normal developer can be a 10x developer.

jjav on Sept 23, 2021 | | [–]

The baseline is 1x, that's what 1x means.

i.e. Your regular professional career developer who does good solid work and is always rated "Meets all expectations". That's the 1x.

afpx on Sept 23, 2021 | | [–]

My baseline is the average.

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