I&#x27;ve been a 10x developer. But it wasn&#x27;t all me that did it... it was those around me being .1x. So ya... it does take a team to make 10x programmer.<p>I can&#x27;t claim I was 10x smarter than my coworkers. I wasn&#x27;t. But I knew how to use tools that were at least 2x better and put in at least 5x the effort. Looking back it&#x27;s amazing how little effort my co-workers (and boss) did put in at that place. Public sector for you I guess. I soon moved on to greener pastures. Some places value 10x. But other places it&#x27;s better to do the bare minimum to avoid threatening anyone or raising the expectation bar. Sad working conditions best avoided by those with desire to create or improve. A good place for those who claim 10x developers don&#x27;t exist to seek employment.