Why there are no cracked biotechnologists?
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On the total lack of 10x engineers in the lab
Why there are no cracked biotechnologists? On the total lack of 10x engineers in the lab William H. Bragg Feb 08, 2025 239 26 31 Share Subscribe There are stories about cracked engineers. The dude who rewrote the whole google maps in a weekend. John Carmack. Elon Musk. The 10x or 10^n x engineer is a well established concept and seems to be pointing at a real thing. High agency people who can completely lock in and achieve incredible feats of programming or engineering by just having an intuitive understanding of the system and its components . We also keep hearing from tech bigshots like Jens
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