<story><title>I strive to be a 0.1x Engineer (2016)</title><url>https://benjiweber.co.uk/blog/2016/01/25/why-i-strive-to-be-a-0-1x-engineer/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>qikInNdOutReply</author><text>My dream was always to be hired into obscure government bureaucracy and automate the data entry job away, while hiding it. After that, you basically exist in a free incubator.&lt;p&gt;Imagine the software you can write, if freed from societies expectations of sweat, tears and busy work. Not to be rich, just to be technical excellent, productive and at peace.&lt;p&gt;I wonder why this has not yet happened with open source. If a sufficient enough part of the public uses your software, the state offers you a maintainer role. Nothing big, but enough to life on and do work.</text></comment>
<story><title>I strive to be a 0.1x Engineer (2016)</title><url>https://benjiweber.co.uk/blog/2016/01/25/why-i-strive-to-be-a-0-1x-engineer/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>labrador</author><text>When he describes what he does he&amp;#x27;s describing a 10x engineer. 10x doesn&amp;#x27;t mean you write 10x more code, it means you deliver 10x more problem solutions</text></comment>