The 10x programmer (2016): then vs. now

"... We had one new hire come on board with quite a bit of past experience and it took this person three full days (21 hours) to get the environment up and running.

We had a university intern come on board with some experience (a lot of experience for a university student) and it took this person the better part of a month to get the environment up and running (20 days x 7 hours = 140 hours)... "

My vision of a 10x programmer would be, that they build automation so that everyone spends equal 5 minutes, waiting for the environment to be set up and running, agree?