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If he really was a 10x engineer and it was a "small team" (say 6 people), wouldn't firing the other 5 have been the better move?
by altoz 10y ago
If he really was a 10x engineer and it was a "small team" (say 6 people), wouldn't firing the other 5 have been the better move?
- Arwill 10y agoSometimes yes, but there is the question of budget. If that was a project or contracting work, and the client can be sold 6 people, then it looks like bigger work, and can be charged more. If you just put one brilliant dev to do it, the client might not be convinced that the job is as big as you tell him. Sometimes devs are put on projects just to "sit it trough", they are needed for the headcount.