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I think the article is a bit simplistic;

There are different types of skills -- and if you can combine them, you are the 10 to 100x times person;

Understand the business problem, and then have enough tech skill to solve it and you can move mountains. Most managers know neither the business domain, nor the technology, which makes it even harder.

Like in everything in life, 90 to 95% is BS.



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