> For obvious statistical reasons most companies [...] are mediocre That's assuming companies exist on a one dimensional spectrum. The more prevailing wisdom

> For obvious statistical reasons most companies [...] are mediocre That's assuming companies exist on a one dimensional spectrum. The more prevailing wisdom is that companies will be mediocre or bad at many things, and good at a couple of particular things, and those couple of things are what make the company viable. This is the essence of a "unique selling point". But to the point: most companies don't need great developers. Nowdays most medium sized businesses employ some tech staff, but IT is not core to their business.