I think this ignores just how poor and inconsistent companies and managers are with regard to accurately judging talent and competence. If I were put into a mor

I think this ignores just how poor and inconsistent companies and managers are with regard to accurately judging talent and competence. If I were put into a more competitive system, it would not necessarily matter that I was above the bell curve with regard to talent. This is still a problem in the current system, except I only need to get my foot in the door once. Having to constantly sell myself to an arbitrary and incompetent crowd would probably bias towards skillsets I don’t have, even if I could complete the work just fine.