[camjohnson26]

I agree with most of the author’s points, but the post is overly negative in my opinion. It’s blaming other people for the problems instead of digging into why these problems come up in the first place. Why do managers waste time with busywork? They need insight into the process. If you look to criticize without understanding you’ll always find plenty of material to blog about, but you’ll just create new problems and never fix anything.

The author probably thinks these issues are caused by bad people instead of bad processes, which is why he doesn’t suggest realistic fixes.

[surprisetalk]

> The author probably thinks these issues are caused by bad people instead of bad processes

Author here.

This is an excellent way to phrase a subtle point that I couldn't figure out how to fit in the piece.

I think that -10x engineering is not someone you are, but something you do. And even more commonly, it's something that organizations do for periods of time.

[RheingoldRiver]

I think this is something that would've been great to include as an intro, and would've completely removed the negative atmosphere that some people (including myself) got from the article.

[6510]

how to become..

[Jolter]

The title makes a lot of sense because of the meme “10x engineer”. That is also wrong - being 10x more productive is also something you do, not something you are — but I see the point in following that template.