Existential type crisis : You are not a 10x Developer

I would suggest there are many developers who have the potential to be 10x, but are constrained by their environment.

How many of you have suggested a course of action that is plain to you as a developer, but is shot down by non-technical management? Are you allowed to solve problems with new tools and languages or must you ensure compatibility with everything written at the company since 1970? Are you busy writing a great service, or are you expected to integrate with some clunky service that will limit your work in the future because using a third party is expected to be faster and cheaper?

I believe Jeff Dean in charge of healthcare.gov would have failed. Not because he's not great. It's just certain environments are not conducive to producing 10x results.