When someone comes along whose code is so good that a small-to-medium percentage of it is more than enough for a decent employer to rake in the bucks on, it wou

When someone comes along whose code is so good that a small-to-medium percentage of it is more than enough for a decent employer to rake in the bucks on, it would be downright medieval for us to hire such a candidate. We have habitually been screening for and only considering below-average performers using proven techniques and experience has shown that bringing in just a single average-to-above-average performer will disrupt everything and only result in making everyone else look bad.