My experience is between a typical engineer and a 10x’er is that a typical engineer can be trusted to do repeatable work, but they have major issues handling anything that isn’t exactly what they are used to.
The problem a lot of times is that a lot of issues that require an engineer are usually the more novel problems. You also have automation solving the routine. So you have a lower demand for routine practitioners while still maintaining demand for higher level work.
My experience is between a typical engineer and a 10x’er is that a typical engineer can be trusted to do repeatable work, but they have major issues handling anything that isn’t exactly what they are used to.
The problem a lot of times is that a lot of issues that require an engineer are usually the more novel problems. You also have automation solving the routine. So you have a lower demand for routine practitioners while still maintaining demand for higher level work.