Anyone would work faster and better alone, it just doesn't really scale. Building something yourself is much easier than working in a team, the bigger the teams the harder it is.
i agree, except for the scaling, a 10x can make an entire project it takes 100s of engineers for, and they'll do it in magnitudes less code.
but that long topic aside... i was just pointing out the ideal environment for "10x programmers".
you put a 10x on a team and treat them the same, they become a 1x (or worse because they are bored and procrastinate), the others will drag them down to their level.
to make teams work, let the 10x design and develop the initial system solely. then the 1x work in a scoped domain (using a plugin/extension system etc) within the 10x's vision
