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I don't think this article denies that people have different mental abilities, just that "talent" is a vague and hard to quantify term (as evidenced by how — as
by sebmellen 6y ago
I don't think this article denies that people have different mental abilities, just that "talent" is a vague and hard to quantify term (as evidenced by how — as mentioned in the article — nearly every SV company is convinced they hire the top 1% of developers).
- jm__87 6y agoPerhaps not every SV company is convinced they hire the top 1% developers but just say they do for marketing or recruiting efforts?
- jimmyvalmer 6y agoAuthor implicitly redefines "talent" to mean "workplace efficacy," which of course is a composite and altogether different metric from what we generally mean by "talent," which is raw mathematical, artistic, or athletic capacity, something that's all too real for us untalented folk.
- antidocker 6y agoSV companies put more weight to design ...