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Why does this 10x meme exist about software engineers and no other profession? It's because the CEOs and VCs who spread this are preying on tech bro macho-ness so they can squeeze as much labor and "productivity" out of us as possible.

Let's stop with this juvenile dick measuring contest. We are not machines that have a speed that can be so easily measured like a new CPU in the bosses computer.

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The "meme" exists because many of us have worked with engineers that are shockingly productive, and can write better code, faster than almost everyone else. Code that sticks around for 5-10+ years because it works well.

There's nothing juvenile about the observation that some people (and very few) are gifted with an order-of-magnitude stronger programming skills.

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