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Re:Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020 by kv_hrishikesh on Thursday April 16, 2020 @06:19AM (#22887899)
A congenial but mediocre developer may actually be more valuable than a rowdy and talented one because she pisses off less number of other brilliant developers.
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Re:Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020 by nieksand on Thursday April 16, 2020 @07:33AM (#22888353)
Correct.

But that congenial/mediocre developer is still taking up a headcount that could hold a congenial/high-performing developer instead. There is also a separate issue where mediocrity discourages high-performers.

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