Robert RoskamJun 27, 2025

The stories about 10x engineers never include:
• Adding meaningful test coverage
• Updating outdated README sections
• Mentoring junior engineers
• Listening to burned-out coworkers
• Improving on-call runbooks

No glory in these things, but those that do them are the ones you desperately want to keep.

They plant trees they don't expect to sit under.

Show threadColin
@raiderrobert 10x is just a term for "will be gone when the consequences of your bad decisions become apparent". It's pure distilled short-termism and I loathe it.
Jun 27, 2025 at 1:03amWeb
Show threadAndroidDreamerJun 27, 2025
@abstractcode @raiderrobert To good old me, this ressembles "full stack" way too much. How to hire good people with imposter syndrome at the wrong positions, while ignoring your team's real needs. I have more than one story about "human resources management" ; none of which cast any superhuman character. Not a coincidence.