[CognitiveLens]

It's worth pointing out that the research found a 10x _spread_ between the least-productive and most-productive engineers - a '10xer' isn't someone who does ten times more than the average, so it becomes less mythical if you think about someone who does, e.g. 2x more than average in an organization with a few burned out engineers doing 20% of the average.

[odyssey7]

Ah, so the secret to having a bunch of 5x engineers is to not burn them out.