I have 0 doubts there are 10x programmers (or rather 1.0 compared to lots of 0.1 ones). In fact I’ve seen lots of negative productivity.
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@stilkov this is missing the point, though.
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@janl Is it? How so?

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— @stilkov …has access to the same support that can turn them into a 10x person. To date, that support is for very privileged groups only.
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@janl That’s entirely true, and also completely orthogonal. It doesn’t prove or disprove that 10x/0.1x exists.
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— @stilkov the discussion is not about whether someone is an order of magnitude better than someone else, but about whether everybody …
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@stilkov don’t mean to berate you with the public reply, just wanting to make that point without having to tweet it again and in lazy.