What a mess of an article, about alleged “rock star” engineers, and how they have “agents” now. Blech. Lowers my respect for the New Yorker.
Bradley asked about 10x’s talent pool: did it really include “the top developers in the world,” as Solomon claimed? Solomon dropped technological achievements the way one might talk about album sales or duets with Lady Gaga. One of his clients had overseen user-experience design for Apple’s iCloud. “Have you heard of Django? The guy who co-created Django is a client.”