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10x Engineer

The 10x engineer is the belief that some programmers produce ten times more than everyone else, so hiring one is worth almost any price. Skill differences between developers are real and large. The specific number is folklore, and chasing it often means hiring someone brilliant who leaves behind work nobody else can maintain.

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