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		mgaunard on Sept 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The forty-year programmer Soft skills are actually highly overrated. The 10x developer is not a myth, it really exists. What's better, someone who can write as much code as 10 people, or someone who can manage 10 people? Clearly the former.

ironmagma on Sept 5, 2022 [–]

Even better than both those is someone who can teach the team to be 10x better.

mgaunard on Sept 6, 2022 | [–]

You can't teach that. The common trait of all 10x performers is that they're all self-taught.

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