it is currently trendy to declare that “10X programmers” are a myth that hurt women and minorities, I ignore those people mostly
In my experience, women and minorities in programming tend to go into programming because it is similar to their mental maps, as opposed to a substantial percentage of the members of majority groups—white, Indian, and Asian men—who I’ve met, who went into programming because it pays well. Thus, in my experience, women and minorities tend to be overrepresented in the “10X” group relative to their overall representation. (My experience is that about women and minorities are about 50⁄50.)
In my experience, women and minorities in programming tend to go into programming because it is similar to their mental maps, as opposed to a substantial percentage of the members of majority groups—white, Indian, and Asian men—who I’ve met, who went into programming because it pays well. Thus, in my experience, women and minorities tend to be overrepresented in the “10X” group relative to their overall representation. (My experience is that about women and minorities are about 50⁄50.)