[sdsd]

Tbh I think it depends where you work. In 1999, if you worked at a Java shop making accounting software or whatever, it wasn't a talents/creative industry.

Same thing now days, but replace Java/accounting with React/CRUD. The rockstar code ninja 10x mentality of 2009 is maybe gone for good, but I see more crazy coders doing rockstar level stuff now than ever before. Asahi Linus and alyssa rosenzweig being great examples from the Asahi project, but these people are all over.

People talk about the complexity of the infrastructure making it impossible to do everything yourself, but in my experience is exactly the opposite. The degree of abstration, automation, and high-level tools means that you kinda can do everything without knowing too much.

[v64]

>Same thing now days, but replace Java/accounting with React/CRUD. The rockstar code ninja 10x mentality of 2009 is maybe gone for good, but I see more crazy coders doing rockstar level stuff now than ever before. Asahi Linus and alyssa rosenzweig being great examples from the Asahi project, but these people are all over.

To piggyback on this, I see many coders of this level of talent in many different fields all working on their own projects that are sponsored by Patreon or similar, rather than taking traditional employment with companies in general.

[KerrAvon]

Asahi seems like a counterexample to your last point: you need incredibly deep knowledge of several technologies to do what they're doing.

[intelVISA]

For as ambiguous and misused as "10x" is I much prefer it over infantile terms like "ninja rockstar etc."

[highwaylights]

I feel the exact opposite.

I much prefer ninja, rockstar, magician, sorcerer, codebro, gnarly dude, big daddy for loop, Little Bobby Tables, SSHelley and Nadine.

Nadine doesn’t have a buzzword she’s just really good with Kubernetes.

Anything but 10x-er.

[cactusfrog]

I feel like 10x developers are those that spent 2 years working on the same problem at their last job and now know a solution

[totallywrong]

Please somebody let every recruiter on LinkedIn know.