[thruway515]

No it's not like any other field. There's no such thing as a 10x doctor. A '10x' doctor is just as likely to kill you as any other especially when it comes to experimental never before done procedure. In fact a 10x doctor like Qiu is more likely to take risks. This is medicine not a software shop where we measure productivity by number of commits or number of surgeries per hour except by 10x you mean 10times more likely to be careful and ethical

[exmadscientist]

I think there absolutely are 10x doctors! When every doctor or specialist you meet in a field says "yeah, Dr X is a massive asshole and I kind of hate him personally but if I ever need [not-particularly-rare procedure Y], I want him to be the one to do it", I think Dr X counts.

[itishappy]

Yeah, I don't mean it literally, nor do I necessarily agree with the concept of 10x engineers in general, but it's a useful shorthand. I would bet doctors vary somewhat less than other fields, but my family has been surprised and burnt by the variance still there, and I'm the only non-doctor!

On the topic of 10x surgeries per hour, the 1800s were an interesting time! This guy in particular:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Liston

[nickff]

What exactly do you mean by "10x doctor"?

Some surgeons have a 10x higher 'revision rate' than others, and from what I understand, that may be an understatement. Many of the statistics which would indicate the ones to avoid are not tracked, precisely because the doctors do not want them tracked.

[red-iron-pine]

doctor stats are also misleading af, since the busiest times often require the best, most reliable docs, and they also have the highest rates of fatalities

7pm-2am on friday is when all of the nasty cases come in, and the best surgeon in the world ain't gonna save many of them.

[thruway515]

You'll have to ask the OP what they meant by 10x. I assume they meant it in the programmer/hacker sense of producing more work in the same amount of time than their peers or being a 'rockstar'

[solumunus]

Obviously they simply mean highly talented compared to their peers.

[foco_tubi]

The point is, there are excellent doctors, good doctors, bad doctors, and awful doctors who should probably have their licensure revoked; just like engineers, or any other profession, there is a spectrum to the quality of service/talent/care.

[eaxregister]

Yep, this.