I think we should assume the distribution is pretty non-normal. Feels to me like performance in many careers, especially so knowledge work, follows a power law.

I think we should assume the distribution is pretty non-normal. Feels to me like performance in many careers, especially so knowledge work, follows a power law. There's pretty good evidence for it: http://www.hermanaguinis.com/PPsych2012.pdf http://www.hermanaguinis.com/PPsych2012.pdf