I have read many of this types of blog posts about 10x, good engineers and such.
The only thing I have learned during my close to 30 years of professional experience is how incredible rare they are. The really good engineers in IT.
They are so rare so MOST people will never work with even one. That is how rare they are.
And a "Blogger, Writer, Philospher" - have probably never worked with one, and never will. Because they are in a whole different sphere of engineering.
The number of systems is increasing explonentially - the number of truely good engineer is pretty much a constant number.
I have a hot take about this: neurotypicals can't achieve this level of proficiency because the type of mind required is just too exquisite.
It requires a large bandwidth between parts of the brain that aren't usually that well connected. And it also requires some parts of the brain to not function very well, like ones that break/filter/censor out ideas and impulsiveness. Looking at you prefrontal cortex. That would explain why they are so rare.
I might have worked with one. They are just beyond human in terms of hyperfocus, pattern matching and technical memory. It's a humbling experience.
The only thing I have learned during my close to 30 years of professional experience is how incredible rare they are. The really good engineers in IT.
They are so rare so MOST people will never work with even one. That is how rare they are.
And a "Blogger, Writer, Philospher" - have probably never worked with one, and never will. Because they are in a whole different sphere of engineering.
The number of systems is increasing explonentially - the number of truely good engineer is pretty much a constant number.