Rich Nost on Nostr: One thing you have to understand about software engineers is that, like in most ...

One thing you have to understand about software engineers is that, like in most things talent-related, most of them exist at the top of the bell cirve, which is to say they are average.

And the top of the talent bell curve shifts heavily left on the value scale. Most average developers can't even write Hello World without Google or AI. Most of them don't have an active github account. Most of them don't know how to write a unit test.

The curve drops steeply in either direction, and from the small, steep bands to the right of the crest is where you see the great software happen. Like in sports or beauty or music, people's attention and money accrete around a very small circle of right-curve individuals.

So don't just assume all developers are the same. Or do assume that, and you'll make a dogshit (which is to say average) manager in a software org.