Being able to switch from a table saw to a miter saw isn't talent. It's learning how to separate alike from different, using what you know to use something dif

Being able to switch from a table saw to a miter saw isn't talent. It's learning how to separate alike from different, using what you know to use something different. It's also realizing that languages vary, but you can learn the underlying concepts and apply them. Being able to take general programming knowledge and apply it to multiple languages and projects is something you learn. Talent may help you to learn the concepts and be more versatile, but that doesn't take away from the article's message of the typical distribution curve. This focus on "general programming skills" is fine, but lets not pretend it's "talent", because that's the whole myth!