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by badlucklottery 1385 days ago
I would say this particular situation is rare but the underlying problem is pretty common.

This is a management problem manifesting as an IC problem. If management is aware of this jerky behavior and lets it continue, they're hobbling the team and limiting their overall productivity. If they're unaware of the problem, they're just clueless.

Either way, you probably want dip out on that team. If you're the conscientious sort, you can tell them why as you go.

Also:

> 10x engineer

> he steals work from others

> It’s also really bad code so he’s the only one that can understand it and refuses to document or explain what is going on

10x more code produced != 10x better engineer. When people talk about "10x engineers" they usually mean the latter.