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		m3kw9 on Jan 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things I’ve learned in my years as a software engi... Worrying about being a 10x eng or not is like asking yourself if you are Einstein level smart. If you are not you are not. Just keep improving is all you can do, not enough people is gonna think you are 10x when you do become one, except in your imagination

Ensorceled on Jan 19, 2023 [–]

> Worrying about being a 10x eng or not is like asking yourself if you are Einstein level smart.

I think this is the crux of it. I don't think theoretical physicists sit around insisting that Einstein wasn't a 10x physicist ...

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