to be clear, when a recruiter, manager, or ceo says someone is a "genius programmer" or "10x" or similar

they mean "someone who works 80 hour weeks and we only pay them for 40"

every time

i guess programmers get called "ninjas" when managers aren't sure if they're working unpaid overtime, but it looks like it
@tef programmers are called ninjas when they're dressed as janitorial staff and/or stagehands