Joel Spolsky explains the phenomenon quite well when explaining that just because you hire the top 0.5% of job applicants, does not mean you are hiring the top

Joel Spolsky explains the phenomenon quite well when explaining that just because you hire the top 0.5% of job applicants, does not mean you are hiring the top 0.5% of programming talent: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/01/27/news-58/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/01/27/news-58/