[gadders]

If this was such a good idea, why doesn't it exist for other professions? EG the very best lawyers, accountants etc? Is the supply more contrained for tech people?

Also, freelance IT people typically work through several agents. What happens if you find a role yourself, not through these guys? Do you still have to pay them a cut?

[theorique]

Lawyers and accountants tend to work for a firm rather than freelance project by project like actors and film professionals/entrepeneurs (e.g. lighting, sound, makeup, electrical, catering) will do.

The same is true of some programmers as well, but I would guess more programmers (and architects, designers, project managers, tech leads, etc) do the freelance thing compared to other professionals.

[gadders]

I suppose. But my understanding was that this 10x company would find you permanent as well as contract/freelance roles.

[justinsb]

I think there's a fallacy in there; just because something hasn't been done doesn't make it a bad idea. Otherwise we should just stay shivering in the metaphorical cave.

But I think it's commonly accepted that there's a huge performance difference between a good programmer and a bad programmer. People disagree as to the ratio of course; I've heard between 3x and 100x. I don't believe that's as widely mentioned for lawyers or accountants. So technology talent seems like a great place for 10x to start.