[wildmXranat]

I feel that the most fitting medium for rebuttal to portions or whole, is a separate article.

Having said that, I have seen projects and management lean on one or two guys out of a whole group to deliver the quick and mostly working plumbing + base work. And then pass off the polish work to the 1x or 0.5x employees.

Also, I saw no link between output and 'being a jerk', and that is highly anecdotal.

This is a similar way that sports teams work, or certain skills propel you to a different rank in army. Office work seems mundane, but management is well aware of the ghost benefits for hiring multiple-x engineers at 1.15x the salary.