It&#x27;s not a matter of &quot;It&#x27;s hard to keep up with the brilliant folks&quot;. It&#x27;s that they are often <i>actively destructive</i> to the productivity of the team. Hence my co-founder&#x27;s comment.<p>Brilliant people can often be easygoing and a great benefit to their teams. They do it by moving the whole team forward. They&#x27;re never 10x individually in that case, but they may elevate a 3x team to 5x.<p>edit: Find me an engineer who is both brilliant and humble, and I&#x27;ll bend over backwards to hire that person.