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		interludead on March 14, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Normal” engineers are the key to great teams There's a huge middle ground between "can't FizzBuzz" and "100x Linus-level genius," and that middle is where most functioning engineering teams live

gatinsama on March 14, 2025 [–]

Yes, but it's way more on the can't fizzbuzz side. Our view is skewed because of the people we work with. If you have an extreme Pareto distribution, talking about "normal" is not helpful.

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