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> From an eu perspective the idea to rely on some members of your team to be 10 times more productive than others seems like a terrible idea

It's just less socially acceptable to say it out loud, doesn't make it any less true. If anything, 10 is a conservative estimation: the spectrum spans orders of magnitude.

> a better focus would be growing the team as a whole

Not mutually exclusive. Prima donna behavior is always inexcusable. If you can't work with others you're not 10x, you're 0x.

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cnlap4y ago

Strange that always the 10x is blamed for communication issues. The passive aggressive 1x, who try to undermine him, are a group and as such always right.

I haven't seen a true 10x who was still writing code and growing the team. Time does not permit that, it is a fantasy. There are team growing "10x" engineers who shamelessly take the credit for everything.

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