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		irrational on April 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to be a -10x Engineer Who is the 1x engineer that all of these 10x, 100x, 1000x, -10x things are based off of?

adverbly on April 4, 2023 | [–]

Some options:

1. (Sum of total output) / (Count of engineers)

2. CS grad with a "B" GPA, 3 years experience, 1 year on the team

3. 50th percentile of all engineers

4. <- Me (or whoever the reader is)

no-reply on April 4, 2023 | [–]

Wait for the piece, somebody is probably writing that

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