No... every field as a spectrum of talent. From "stars" to "very good" to "competent" to "don't go near that one". There are VERY FEW "stars". So few that yo

No... every field as a spectrum of talent. From "stars" to "very good" to "competent" to "don't go near that one". There are VERY FEW "stars". So few that you cannot possibly skew the entire talent base into two buckets (stars, and also rans) as this article does. It's shortsighted and extremely damaging advice, especially for new programmers. You also cannot hinge your business on hiring only stars - if you do, you're going to spend far too much time finding unicorns when you could be executing with a solid base of professionals. In no other industry have I seen this obsession with finding the "real coder" or the "rockstar developer".