It is just a matter of the frame of reference. In an organization with a large number of 0.1x developers, skilled developers may look like 10x.
The 0.1x ones don't really understand the problem they are working on, nor can they write even a few lines of coherent code, often with only a minimalistic understanding of the language they are using. Spotting them is easy: Watching them use the editor of their choice to work on code feels like watching a toddler learning to walk.
Different organizations happen to hire different kind of people.
For some organizations hiring skilled developers is a matter of luck. The skilled ones they manage to hire are outliers, easily perceived as 10x.
Other organization manage to hire mostly skilled developers and PIP the rest. In that kind of environment 10x does not exist.
That's the perfect base for an argument. Depending on the individuals background it is very obvious that 10x exists / does not exist.
The 0.1x ones don't really understand the problem they are working on, nor can they write even a few lines of coherent code, often with only a minimalistic understanding of the language they are using. Spotting them is easy: Watching them use the editor of their choice to work on code feels like watching a toddler learning to walk.
Different organizations happen to hire different kind of people. For some organizations hiring skilled developers is a matter of luck. The skilled ones they manage to hire are outliers, easily perceived as 10x. Other organization manage to hire mostly skilled developers and PIP the rest. In that kind of environment 10x does not exist.
That's the perfect base for an argument. Depending on the individuals background it is very obvious that 10x exists / does not exist.