I agree, and even if there _is_ talent to some degree, insisting that people simply aren't talented enough for something just does us a disservice when they sim

I agree, and even if there _is_ talent to some degree, insisting that people simply aren't talented enough for something just does us a disservice when they simply need to work at it. "Oh no, I'm not that talented, I couldn't possibly do that!" It's just a way of shooting people down prematurely, either by the people themselves because they believe they simply can't, since they believe it's some stupid innate thing, or because others tell them "you're not talented enough, stop trying.". It's dangerous and it deprives us of a lot of actual talent, who simply believe they could never be. Not to mention the fact that people move this to a ridiculous degree where they say "10x programmer", but this doesn't necessarily mean they'll be a 10x programmer in all of the field, merely where they've been so far. This needs to stop.