It’s a common misperception that a 10x engineer is 10x the average engineer. The original quote said that the best engineers are 10x the worst engineers which is easily true. 10x the average engineer is only sustainable for a limited time before either burnout, or outside life intervenes.
The truly best engineers have the experience to develop intuition around what core not to write, and have 10x impact but are not 10x better coders.
The truly best engineers have the experience to develop intuition around what core not to write, and have 10x impact but are not 10x better coders.