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Congratulations, you're a 'senior developer'.

It's a bit 'isolating' whatever industry or 'job' you do, once you mature to a certain point.

That's definitely not the same things as '10x developer' - I'd recommend never using that term again. Maybe there is 'such a thing' (doubtful), but even if there was, nobody should ever say that about themselves. Past the 10 year mark, one should start to develop an intuition for all the things one does not know, in which case in all humility, it becomes harder to refer to oneself as '10x' ergo, more likely a sign of possibly a hint of lack of self awareness.

What you are experiencing is normal, common.

If you have serious malaise you can change jobs but also respect that companies need senior people, it's one of many roles that need to be fulfilled.



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