Do you have what it takes to be a x/10 engineer?
x/10: Pragmatism is a sin
x/10: Delicate genius; tread lightly
x/10: Unnecessarily optimize code while making it more complicated
x/10: Channel the spirit energy of Rube Goldberg
x/10: Internal transfers are crucial to survival
x/10: Commit very large and infrequent changes to source control. Timing should be close to target deadline
x/10: Publishing complex documentation and diagrams of systems that don’t exist as if they do exist. Creating confusion for those searching for details on existing setups is key
x/10: Be the mortal enemy of the 10x engineer. Confuse the minds of 1x+ engineers
x/10: Operational overhead is of no concern
x/10: Inflation of tech debt is irrelevant
x/10: Strong reliance on nepotism will be required to survive
x/10: Simplicity is for the plebs
x/10: What you are working on is an enigma
x/10: Every single AWS service must be used