> simple indicators of future success just might not exist No one wants to admit this. We want to have control of the future! And prediction is one way to do t

> simple indicators of future success just might not exist No one wants to admit this. We want to have control of the future! And prediction is one way to do that. I once read in an agile book somewhere that certain factors don't necessarily predict success but merely the maximum possible value. As in, if you don't do X, you cannot be successful. But if you DO do X, you have a probability of being successful, but you can still suck. So the possibility of sucking is ever present, but the maximum ceiling of possibility is controlled by the number of best practices you implement. So maybe there's something like that. Our factors aren't predictive, but they open up the landscape to find great people. Sucky people are evergreen.