I have seen organizations that actually want "the best" developers almost never. They may say this, but what they are looking for are "the most compatible" dev

I have seen organizations that actually want "the best" developers almost never. They may say this, but what they are looking for are "the most compatible" developers. The distinction is monumental. The best developers are at the top 15% of a bell curve where the line is very close to flat, but what they are actually looking for are people in the range of 45-70% of the bell curve where there are the most people doing the same exact things as each other. Conversely, I have seen many developers actually take lower paying jobs to get away from the bell curve stupidity.