[qwer]

> the easily observed phenomenon that some developers are 10x more productive than other developers.

How are you measuring? LOC? Semi-colons per hour? story points? If you're measuring in "dollars earned", how do you think their managers are measuring? And can they tell the difference between a 10x programmer and an 11x programmer?

[bdamm]

Then clearly you've never met one.

[qwer]

Clearly... but then again I won't work at a place with any developers less than 11x.