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satvikpendemtoday at 3:30 AM1 replyview on HN

It's the Pareto principle of course, as well as the normal distribution. Many firms have been able to succeed in the market just by hiring only good engineers over average ones.


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moomoo11today at 3:33 AM

yeah but these days it is even more important to filter out bads

and even at "good" companies you have people who can game the system to get in, and then they struggle to get anything done on time or be responsible for taking on and completing any initiatives bigger than a single task on a bigger scope.

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