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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by scott_s on Wednesday December 23, 2009 @05:09PM (#1012989)
That only works when you can assume your sample is representative of the global population. Since people are not evenly distributed according to their abilities, that assumption will not hold.
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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by TeHCrAzY on Wednesday December 23, 2009 @08:11PM (#1013174)
But in a generalisation, you have to generalise.
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