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90% of a population can easily be above average in a real life scenario where most of the group is roughly equal with few elements dragging the average slightly
by FRex 9y ago
90% of a population can easily be above average in a real life scenario where most of the group is roughly equal with few elements dragging the average slightly below their level.
Example: nine 11s and one 10, the average is 10.9 and 90% of the population is above it. If you want to split a group in half then you need to use the median.
- WalterSear 9y agoI'm glad that someone is finally giving the 0.1x programmers like myself the credit the deserve.
- Lewton 9y ago0.1x could still be above average http://wiki.c2.com/?NetNegativeProducingProgrammer http://wiki.c2.com/?NetNegativeProducingProgrammer
- hamandcheese 9y agoThe wisdom I [like to] hear is that as long as you're above 0x, you're golden.
- daemin 9y agoThat would still be higher than the 0.0x Wally in the Dilbert comics.
- hndamien 9y agoAlternatively, you could have nine 5s and a 1 and you have an average of 4.6 with 90% above average.
- marvin 9y agoAlso, developer skill is not a one-dimensional attribute, e.g. you could be better at writing maintainable code but worse at translating business requirements into $$$. Most developers are probably above average in one metric.
- Sharlin 9y ago90% of programmers are almost certainly better programmers than an average person. 90% of programmers are almost certainly not better programmers than an average programmer.