Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development

Re:Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development by smackay on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @08:25AM (#12172182)

But surely the purpose of the manifesto is to skew that curve to the right.

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Re:Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development by dcmininni on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @08:39AM (#12172233)

Or to at least make the author feel like he is part of the right.

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Re:Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development by arpa on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @08:33AM (#12172212)

One might as well try to skew global IQ stats to the right. And please, don't call me shirley.

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Re:Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development by CSMastermind on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @08:40AM (#12172240)

This has been happening over the last 100 years. That's why IQ tests need periodically recalibrated.

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Re:Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development by arpa on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @08:42AM (#12172246)

thing is, the curve remains the same. Fat in the middle.

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Re:Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development by majewsky on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @10:36AM (#12173100)

Of course the curve will remain centered about 100, because that's how IQ is defined.

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Re:Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development by jackmott on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @09:02AM (#12172362)

But shifted right. This is good. Praise science.

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Re:Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development by jackmott on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @09:02AM (#12172360)

But it stopped recently, I believe

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Re:Anti Mediocracy Manifesto for Software Development by bbctol on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @10:48AM (#12173224)

I think you just mean "shift" the curve right, as in translate; "skew" means something very specific in the context of distribution curves.

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