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There's not that many superstar programmers, and I'd probably pay money myself for the chance to work with one, if they were the mentoring type.
It seems to me though that a lot of programmers have established their little niche where they fulfill their job requirements in well below their allotted 40 hours a week. Some guy coming along and working even close to that much who is (even similarly) capable is obviously going to stand out to management, questions are going to be raised. I don’t think this is unique to the job of course, sales people often say the same thing.
They can ask all the questions they want, what are they going to do, fire me? I'll have another job by the end of the week. A guy like that is probably less then 1 in a 100 or even a 1000, and most of them never bother applying at an average company, so if they happen upon one, their only workable strategy is to have the 10x guy literally replace 10 people. Even that can backfire if he gets bored of the place and quits. It's either that or do what I recommended earlier, and have the 10x help to lift the rest up.
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Theres 2 classes of programmers. The ones working in large MNC's who work 10 hours a week and write a function a week. And those working in more flat companies where an entire website gets made in a weekend (because the tech lead or CTO is actually present and not in meetings all day). You will get wildly different accounts depending on which one you are talking to.
Sometimes it boils down to (run by people from Sillicon Valley) vs (run by people not from Sillicon Valley)
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