The myth of the 10x developer is so pervasive, debate as to whether it actually exists continues to this day. Crazy talk! Next thing you know, they'll be claiming there's such a thing as a manager that actually cares about your psychological well-being. The audacity of such a thought! How foolish! How positively naive! Allow me to propose a radical notion: What if they do exist, but are just so hard to find, nobody believes it? Allow me to propose one more: What if we're having a hard time finding them because we can't agree on what defines such a creature? Not A Thing Let's start with what a 10x developer is not (something we can all agree on!) A 10x developer is not a developer that writes ten times more code than their peers, A 10x developer is not measured by SPH (Semi-colons Per Hour), and A 10x developer is not someone who makes their teammates 10x better. 1. Amount of Code: Doesn't Matter Ask any programmer worth their salt and the...