There are plenty of good "normal" engineers whose abilities top out at following direction from management, implementing a spec (albeit really well), adding to an existing architecture etc. I'd wager the vast majority of the industry falls into this category. Yes, it's very important for an org to ensure that these kinds of engineers are successful, because they are the workhorses of your company and without them nothing will get done.
Ultimately though you can't have a workforce just of these engineers. Someone has to lead. Someone has to tell management what to build. Someone has to invent new tech from scratch.
"10x engineer" is a bullshit LinkedIn thoughtfluencer term that has unfortunately caught on, but everyone who has worked in the industry for more than a day knows that there is a hierarchy in the tech org, and the ones on top are more valuable than the rest.
commandersaki
10x engineer in the original sense to me is simply someone that 10x-es your company in some way. Maybe Avie Tevanian who brought Apple OSX/etc. or Andy Rubin who brought Google Android.
ysofunny
> Someone has to invent new tech from scratch.
uhm, as a research university or private company like a startup??
Ultimately though you can't have a workforce just of these engineers. Someone has to lead. Someone has to tell management what to build. Someone has to invent new tech from scratch.
"10x engineer" is a bullshit LinkedIn thoughtfluencer term that has unfortunately caught on, but everyone who has worked in the industry for more than a day knows that there is a hierarchy in the tech org, and the ones on top are more valuable than the rest.