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by 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.

1 comments

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?

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.