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Re:The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon... by vehementi on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:15AM (#17468789)
Mathematically the vast majority of programmers in the world are mediocre by your definitions there. Was that the intent of your post?
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Re:The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon... by flocial on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:34AM (#17468855)
Actually, the definition is very localized (you could be mediocre at a big co or a rockstar at a tiny backwater company) and relative. I don't think it's a stretch to assume that the majority of programmers are mediocre, the distribution curve of talent/ability not withstanding.
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Re:The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon... by AFNobody on Friday July 06, 2018 @08:30AM (#17470842)
Yes. He was asking how to be unbiased about self evaluation. You have to paint really broad strokes to do that.

Is it perfect? No.

Do I think the 70% of programmers that probably fit this definition are mediocre? Yeah.

Keep in mind I am calling myself a mediocre programmer.

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