I feel that the most fitting medium for rebuttal to portions or whole, is a separate article.<p>Having said that, I have seen projects and management lean on one or two guys out of a whole group to deliver the quick and mostly working plumbing + base work. And then pass off the polish work to the 1x or 0.5x employees.<p>Also, I saw no link between output and &#x27;being a jerk&#x27;, and that is highly anecdotal.<p>This is a similar way that sports teams work, or certain skills propel you to a different rank in army. Office work seems mundane, but management is well aware of the ghost benefits for hiring multiple-x engineers at 1.15x the salary.