many if not most software companies are probably Pareto-distribution now, because they don’t compete on technical advantage. But – unlike management consulting – the software industry was historically built upon the notion of bimodal talent distribution, and is still culturally influenced by this way of seeing the world.
FROM:Nadia AsparouhovaExplaining Tech's Notion of Talent Scarcity
And thus we still have this “Linchpin” or 10x engineer mindset in places
Josh Beckman