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 The mythical 10x engineer is a scam.

Efficiency in delivering software is the least interesting concern.

Real breakthroughs are made by 1000000x engineers. Not because they are such incredible developers.

No, it’s because they see WHAT to build in a way no one else can; their output yields paradigm shifts, not mere marginal efficiency gains.

@calle 👁️⚡👁️ is one such developer. Satoshi was another one. 
 They build for themselves - a unique workflow capturing tiny pieces  of 1000000 skillls  ☺️  
 Society needs 10x engineers because we collect 90% of their product. How else would we build all the roads? 
 I create 10 bugs for every feature I write. 
 That's what ingenuity is about  
 I have had to deal with significant attacks, because I could reason about a proposed solution and detect the crap before we built it. Got attacked for "suppressing others' ideas" 😋
Every time I got challenged, both on the criticism on an idea and for claimed attacks against a person, I got proved right because they proved their incompetence. 😁 
 the what is always more important than the how 
 Thank you Pablo, that really means a lot coming from a legend like you 🙏🫡 
 Easy for a 10x engineer to say 
 now wipe your ass, flush & wash the hands.....base layer.. lol/lfg 
 10x devs exist.
Paradigm shifting devs exist.

False binaries are dumb. 
 Calle is the goat of all goats 🐐 
 what is he building that is so amazing? 
 Ecash is another middlemen thing. If i choose bitcoin only it come w no lightning and no lsp, no cockstream bs. 

if this "engineer" is so briliant why do i need middle "mens" ? 
 
 I’ve had my arguments with Calle’s opinions but I respect the hell out of what he’s building.

Gotta be able to separate the art from the artist. 
 Agree. 
 satoshi died? past tense? i didnt know somehow. im sorry to hear that. rest in peace 🪦