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Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

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1135 points carride | 1 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.316s | source
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andrewallbright ◴[10 Aug 22 14:29 UTC] No.32412594[source]▶
...And they say 10x engineers are a myth.
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banannaise ◴[10 Aug 22 15:06 UTC] No.32413239[source]▶
10x engineers are a myth when it comes to productivity working within a team. There are absolutely 10x engineers when they're working on a project more or less completely solo.
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thrashh ◴[10 Aug 22 15:26 UTC] No.32413565[source]▶
There are 10x engineers on teams. They just empower everyone
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1. hinkley ◴[10 Aug 22 16:33 UTC] No.32414714[source]▶
When I look at 10x engineers who look like 10x engineers what I typically find instead is a 3x engineer leaving a path of destruction behind them. If you give everyone else impostor syndrome and difficult processes they slow down, and you look better than you are. Than you deserve.

The real heroes are the ones who make everyone else look better. But some managers only figure out who that is when they quit or when the business lays off the wrong guy because Steve produces less than Sarah, but that’s because Steve is helping people all the time, including Sarah.