Remember a 10x developer means 10 times better than the worst. Which makes you a 2x developer compared to the average.
You've reached the top at your company. You work harder and care more than most. But you haven't reached senior dev status until you realize your extra work and spotlight puts a target on your back. You are a natural target now: management shifts, technology changes, projects fail and the same people patting you on the back in management will be blaming you when things go wrong. You won't be in the room either. You are one political issue away from doom.
Some developers around you see you as smarter and will lean in for advice. Help them because another group exists who dislike your pace and how it reflects badly on them and are hoping to see you fail. Try to keep the first group large and the second group smaller.
But what are you doing this for? You would make more friends by being a friend and doing less under your name and more under others. You have the extra time you spend on your tickets but can you take the ego hit and give credit to others. If everyone is praising you, you really should use that moment to praise others. You need to include others into your moment because it becomes other people's moment too.
You've reached the top at your company. You work harder and care more than most. But you haven't reached senior dev status until you realize your extra work and spotlight puts a target on your back. You are a natural target now: management shifts, technology changes, projects fail and the same people patting you on the back in management will be blaming you when things go wrong. You won't be in the room either. You are one political issue away from doom.
Some developers around you see you as smarter and will lean in for advice. Help them because another group exists who dislike your pace and how it reflects badly on them and are hoping to see you fail. Try to keep the first group large and the second group smaller.
But what are you doing this for? You would make more friends by being a friend and doing less under your name and more under others. You have the extra time you spend on your tickets but can you take the ego hit and give credit to others. If everyone is praising you, you really should use that moment to praise others. You need to include others into your moment because it becomes other people's moment too.
Use your 10x power wisely.