I am sorry but I just get annoyed reading opinions on what 10x means.
See for yourself by how much you miss.
Read the quote from Fred Brooks work:
*Programming managers have long recognized wide productivity
variations between good programmers and poor ones. But the
actual measured magnitudes have astounded all of us. In one of
their studies, Sackman, Erikson, and Grant were measuring perfor-
mances of a group of experienced programmers. Within just this
group the ratios between best and worst performances averaged
about 10:1 on productivity measurements and an amazing 5:1 on
program speed and space measurements! In short the $20,000/year
programmer may well be 10 times as productive as the
$10,000/year one. The converse may be true, too. The data
showed no correlation whatsoever between experience and per-
formance. (I doubt if that is universally true.)*
See for yourself by how much you miss.
Read the quote from Fred Brooks work:
*Programming managers have long recognized wide productivity variations between good programmers and poor ones. But the actual measured magnitudes have astounded all of us. In one of their studies, Sackman, Erikson, and Grant were measuring perfor- mances of a group of experienced programmers. Within just this group the ratios between best and worst performances averaged about 10:1 on productivity measurements and an amazing 5:1 on program speed and space measurements! In short the $20,000/year programmer may well be 10 times as productive as the $10,000/year one. The converse may be true, too. The data showed no correlation whatsoever between experience and per- formance. (I doubt if that is universally true.)*