I really love Julia Evan's writing as well, especially the way she's so humble and open about her path.
I have unfortunately met a bunch of folks that while being brilliant, also seem caught up in being seen as uniquely gifted/powerful. When their status gets challenged, they can be particularly nasty in defending themselves. And it's that connotation where the Wizard metaphor troubles me. Looking back I've even see myself getting caught up in this, which I think can be an energetic trap, and really harm relations and even team efficiency.
Funny that a single word has such a dichotomy :) Thanks for the article!
Of course I actually don't believe that everything is just luck. But too much emphasis on one's talent and ability and "good taste" and/or "right choice" etc. is actually intimidating and harmful. (Again, the balance is the key.)
Note to self: the word I should've used was "mysticism".
I'd much rather treat these as pretty common sense, learnable lessons that are accessible to anyone.
As for one's output being mostly based on luck? I must disagree with you. I find those that care about what they're doing, and why they're doing it - consistently outperform those that aren't invested in what they're doing. And I think there are those that are more suited to our line of work than others (whether due to how their minds work, or otherwise).
Luck does however play a part in the chances we get to learn and to prove ourselves, especially if you're not born into a relative position of advantage. But to sum up one's contributions, skills, talents and effort to be just luck? That seems dismissive.