I do think there is a lot of skill variance in developers. If we consider the theoretical best developer in the world vs the average developer, do you think there would be a truly 10x productivity difference?
Maybe from the theoretical best developer in the world to the theoretical worst, but that's kind of a silly and useless comparison anyways.
I bet if you find a super smart, top tier developer working on something that motivates them, you'd see a 10x vs average developers. I also think there are some problem domains that are just too difficult for some people to work on, and their productivity would be very low or zero.
Call me biased, but I don't believe the average developer is very good.
I do think there is a lot of skill variance in developers. If we consider the theoretical best developer in the world vs the average developer, do you think there would be a truly 10x productivity difference?
Maybe from the theoretical best developer in the world to the theoretical worst, but that's kind of a silly and useless comparison anyways.