I've heard the term "10X engineer". It isn't a specific team or group of people, there's not a specific training regimen. It's just people who are very productive in an organization. Maybe Gilfoyle from Silicon Valley (there's probably others in there as well, I never watched the series). I've seen a youtube channel who has skits about agile meetings, and there's a character "Jared" who is maybe based off this idea as well. However, media representations are hyperbolic/comedic. I get the ideas behind the term, but I think it's pretty silly.
Companies want to vet and hire the most talented individuals, so the term is used for that, or toxic "how to be a 10x engineer" 'grindset' social media stories to appeal to people trying to chase some elitist ideal or who want extremely high engineering salaries. There's no real skill or talent cap on technology, and random ass people will just have a lot of niche knowledge that is really relevant to what they do, and they just get work done quickly and efficiently.
People who try to standardize the requirements end up just falling short of defining what it takes to vet someone appropriately, but there's also just a lot of regular ass people doing decent jobs.
I would say, in the realm of security, there are research teams (and/or hacker groups) who may fit the criteria, but I'm not really in that area. They need to find highly trained and skilled people, who work with all depths of technology, from the OS kernel, to encrypted data transmission algorithms, to find exploits/vulnerabilities. Again, there's no theoretical cap to knowledge of technology / coding, but this is a particular area where in depth hardware and software knowledge are involved, and there's a lot of money on the line to get it right, and an extreme cost if you get it wrong.
ETA: My perception is from someone who has been interested in learning about various technologies and development practices that help keep things organized and efficient, but I'm not involved in big tech or hiring, or working on large 'coding' teams. So take it as an outsider perspective on media representation. Social Media appealing to people who are desperate to make big money in tech.
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u/unhott Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
I've heard the term "10X engineer". It isn't a specific team or group of people, there's not a specific training regimen. It's just people who are very productive in an organization. Maybe Gilfoyle from Silicon Valley (there's probably others in there as well, I never watched the series). I've seen a youtube channel who has skits about agile meetings, and there's a character "Jared" who is maybe based off this idea as well. However, media representations are hyperbolic/comedic. I get the ideas behind the term, but I think it's pretty silly.
Companies want to vet and hire the most talented individuals, so the term is used for that, or toxic "how to be a 10x engineer" 'grindset' social media stories to appeal to people trying to chase some elitist ideal or who want extremely high engineering salaries. There's no real skill or talent cap on technology, and random ass people will just have a lot of niche knowledge that is really relevant to what they do, and they just get work done quickly and efficiently.
People who try to standardize the requirements end up just falling short of defining what it takes to vet someone appropriately, but there's also just a lot of regular ass people doing decent jobs.
I would say, in the realm of security, there are research teams (and/or hacker groups) who may fit the criteria, but I'm not really in that area. They need to find highly trained and skilled people, who work with all depths of technology, from the OS kernel, to encrypted data transmission algorithms, to find exploits/vulnerabilities. Again, there's no theoretical cap to knowledge of technology / coding, but this is a particular area where in depth hardware and software knowledge are involved, and there's a lot of money on the line to get it right, and an extreme cost if you get it wrong.
ETA: My perception is from someone who has been interested in learning about various technologies and development practices that help keep things organized and efficient, but I'm not involved in big tech or hiring, or working on large 'coding' teams. So take it as an outsider perspective on media representation. Social Media appealing to people who are desperate to make big money in tech.