This is opposite in every way from my experiences above, including my direct experience being one. Especially the “rely on the team” - I think you’re confusing hero programmers with 10x programmers. Hero programmers leave husks of teams and shoddy code in their wake as they rampage through a career of self interest. A 10x programmer is a force multiplier for the team and spends their energy unblocking the team and driving a high standard for quality and ease of improvement. That’s essentially how they accomplish 10x the work, even in their own work. Because the team functions well around them friction to effective productivity is much lower.
