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How to be a -10x Engineer

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To become a -10x engineer, simply waste 400 engineering hours per week. Combine the following strategies:

Man spends entire career mastering crappy codebase

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Westbrook spent 35 years in a codebase that allegedly powers some sort of medical software somewhere. During his tenure, he contributed hundreds of lines of code to his projects.

Flunking my Anthropic interview again

2025370 points347 comments Career & Management details

I didn't misclick any buttons. My best wasn't good enough. I'm not good enough.

Spoil your secret sauce

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Go on an adventure. Find a New Thing™. Bring it back. Share it, and demonstrate why the New Thing™ is worth sharing.