How to Spot a 10x Engineer

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29 points·AndrewKemendo··10 comments

"How to spot a 10x engineer in a mockumentary TV series."

Aside: OSX wants to autocorrect "mockumentary" to "rockumentary". But rock- is a pun on mock-. Mock- is surely the more cromulent word.

I can't stop cringe laughing at this. He's apparently one of the top VCs in India. Clearly a great comedian too.

Indeed. After reading #7 and #8, I instantly thought about the founders / developers at these startups who actually listen to VCs like this.

This is nothing more than a satirical piece from a random VC.

Except it isn't satire :(

The quote tweets are very good: https://twitter.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fski...

The replies roast the OP so thoroughly that

1) I feel rather sorry for him, but 2) many are hilarious

So, front end engineers can't be 10x engineers (per #5). Got it.

I can't tell if all the posts are satire ... or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

Edit:

Not sure why this earned a down-vote?

> Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture stating that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the parodied views.

It's directly related to the parent post. Though I don't honestly believe the subject of the OP is actually parody.

Funny... because it's true.

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