[anm89]

I believe that a few times in my career I've been a 10x programmer. And it has nothing to do with algorithmic savy.

Those times have been when I've been able to mix my technical skills with an understanding of a businesses needs to recommend them avoiding going down paths that would have been really damaging and unproductive for them. Really it's infinite x if the other path was going to provide 0 or negative value and the new path has any positive value.

I believe that that is the easiest opportunity for most devs to be 10x.