> any skill is pretty small, by definition I challenge this, especially the "by definition" part. It depends on how many skills you recognize. The chance of b

> any skill is pretty small, by definition I challenge this, especially the "by definition" part. It depends on how many skills you recognize. The chance of being the best artist (to the extent that such a statement is reasonable) might be one in eight billion. The chance of being the best automotive sharpie artist is, similarly, one in eight billion. The chance of being the best artist /of some particular skill set/ is, then, much higher -- if you recognize only a few thousand distinct skills here, you're already at one in a million. Then realize that those who are likely to be surprised that there are better programmers than them are /not/ likely to be surprised that there are better artists than them. So we're assessing across all skills. The chance of being on the far right of the bell curve of a specific skill is pretty small. The chance of being on the far right of the bell curve for /any/ skill is quite high, with only eight billion people around. Find what you do better than anyone else, embrace it, and enjoy it.