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Re:What happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when... by rayiner on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @02:22PM (#2533558)
When you take away the dichotomy, his point still stands:

Mediocre iOS developer who doesn't self promote versus mediocre iOS developer who does.

Since 90% of everyone is mediocre, a culture that encourages self promotion just fills the world with crap.

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Re:What happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when... by codyrobbins on Sunday May 15, 2011 @06:21PM (#2550937)
The word mediocre is subjective and this just devolves into an ontological or semantic argument surrounding the meaning of mediocre. What’s mediocre to you may very well not be to lots and lots of other people. Or—if you prefer—in the form of an aphorism: ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.’
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