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Maybe I haven't met a true 10x programmer but met plenty who pretend that they are 10x. I would say those 10X programmers that I had "pleasure" of working with, are net negative to overall productivity.

In my experience, 10x programmers are hard to manage, they complain all the time, no one wants to work with them, their ego gets bruised easily.

But you keep them around because they seem really smart until you look at overall work produced. They might produce 10x work over a weekend but over longterm, they hardly produce any more work than average programmer.

In my interview process, if anyone even slightly hints that they are smarter than average, I end interview immediately. My team is composed of average programmers who get along and have fun working together.