I don’t know if it’s good heuristic of performance or not. Everyone has to be judged individually in this case. I do think that it is a measure of self-confiden

I don’t know if it’s good heuristic of performance or not. Everyone has to be judged individually in this case. I do think that it is a measure of self-confidence, which may effect performance, and certainly risk taking. I think about what Guido van Rossum said recently[0]. He’s seen incompetent men’s ideas gain acceptance more often than merited because they are more forceful in how they present them. I’m sure if you asked the incompetent man why his idea was chosen, he’d say it was because it was the best technically, and not because of some lesser reason, like politics. [0] https://qz.com/1624252/pythons-creator-thinks-it-has-a-diversity-problem/ https://qz.com/1624252/pythons-creator-thinks-it-has-a-diver...