[ZephyrBlu]

I really like this dichotomy.

Over time I'm becoming more and more aware of non-skill factors that affect my impact.

I'm definitely more a street fighter, and I feel limited when I'm given martial artist work and there is very little opportunity for street fighter work.

I think it can be very difficult to be a 10x engineer because you have to be in an org that has the right type of work, be on a team that's involved in that work, and be in a role in which you're given that work.

Working at a big company as a SWE (As opposed to e.g. SRE) I've found that the street fighter work is very limited and generally only specific teams and people get to work on it.

[lazy_afternoons]

> I think it can be very difficult to be a 10x engineer because you have to be in an org that has the right type of work, be on a team that's involved in that work, and be in a role in which you're given that work.

Agreed. I noticed that 10x engineers are a product of 10x workplaces. Orgs have insane ability to take the most skilled engineers and make them unproductive.

[neon_electro]

Thank you for illustrating just how much the myth of the "10x engineer" has as much to do with the individual as it does the system that individual works in.

[ZephyrBlu]

Couple of great blog posts on this topic:

- https://erikbern.com/2016/01/08/i-believe-in-the-10x-enginee...

- https://erikbern.com/2019/02/21/headcount-targets-feature-fa...