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by m463 1916 days ago
Come on, there are some people who are brilliant and effective. I have known a handful of these folks, which probably matches the statistics.

You probably don't sit with them in the lunchroom, but folks like Steve Jobs might.
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BeetleB 1916 days ago
> Come on, there are some people who are brilliant and effective.

Sure, but can I replace 50 average engineers with one of them, and get the same output?

Never.

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m463 1916 days ago
That's not how it works.

You and a bunch of your friends could probably do more code reviews, but could you all give a better presentation than steve jobs?

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BeetleB 1916 days ago
It sounds like you're agreeing with me:

> I've seen people who are more than 10x within a very narrow domain, but when you include the whole system and all their responsibilities, no one comes close to 10x.

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