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Yeah, I don’t mean just 5x the LOC or features. More a combination of all of more productive, helps others more effectively, creates fewer bugs, can tackle a wider range of problems, makes better architectural decisions, writes more materials abstractions, etc. Basically I think it’s pretty common for a strong engineering hire to produce 5x the long term value of a weak hire, taking all of the above into account.


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