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document.write("The “10x” meme erase a number of factors related to situation, culture, experience level, motivation, opportunity for growth, and more. Here’s what happens (…): ");
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document.write("1. It keeps us from having to specifically define what we actually value in programmers, preventing us from critical reflection on what we need in our teams, companies and community. ");
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document.write("2. It over-focuses on the role of the individual and individual contribution in success, reinforcing Silicon Valley’s tendency towards hero worship, elitism and destructive individualism while ignoring the context of situation and privilege. ");
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document.write("3. It can provide a cover for destructive and abusive behavior by the “10x engineer”. ");
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document.write("4. It erases many of the essential team and cultural dynamics involved in true productivity. ");
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document.write("5. It erases discussion of the individual’s journey towards higher levels of contribution and the role of mentorship, experience and personal growth in that journey. ");
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document.write("6. In the individual’s desire to live up to the “10x” mythology, or the culture’s expectations that individuals be extreme performers, workers may succumb to a variety of destructive tendencies including drug use, workaholism, heroism and alcoholism. ");
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document.write("<em>(<a href=\"https://medium.com/about-work/6aedba30ecfe\">Shanley</a>)</em> ");
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