In Praise of "Normal" Engineers 🛠️
A guest article by Charity Majors.
Hey, Luca here! This is a new article from our brand new guest author program, where some of the best engineering writers in the world contribute to Refactoring with original pieces!
Today’s article is from Charity Majors, CTO of Honeycomb, and one of my favorite authors! Also check out her blog and her books.
With Charity we are going through what it means to create 10x engineering teams, and why this is a better strategy than fixating over 10x engineers.
Here is the agenda:
📈 The problem with 10x engineers — why this concept is slippery and problematic.
🧘♂️ In praise of “normal” engineers — the best engineering orgs are the ones where 1x engineers can do great work.
🎽 Turning normal engineers into 10x teams — how to create top-performing teams that mint 10x engineers like nobody's business.
🏆 Hiring the right people instead of the best — how to focus on our individual strengths, instead of our lack of weaknesses.
Let’s dive in!
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