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This assumes mediocre workers will always be mediocre. I've always assumed the job of managers is to find the right place for for bright people they've hired.
by kenjackson 14y ago
This assumes mediocre workers will always be mediocre. I've always assumed the job of managers is to find the right place for for bright people they've hired. I've certainly seen mediocre talent turn onto stars in the right environment.
- flyinRyan 14y agoThis is really the elephant in the room when it comes to any kind of ranking. As humans we always want to make rankings like A is better than B who is better than C... and so on. The reality is much more complex. If you take K1 kickboxing history, you'll see that pretty much all the top guys have all beaten each other at some point. This makes it pretty clear that "best" is something that varies wildly and may even vary from day to day. It's no different in software. I can tell you I've had times in my career where I was on fire, out producing any teams I knew about. And I've had times where the burn out was so bad I was producing nothing at all for weeks. How good someone is just isn't static.