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Re:Being OK with Not Being Extraordinary by ulnarkressty on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @03:14PM (#33723982)
Is it really a power law or just that the right half of the bell curve could pass the interview?
Re:Being OK with Not Being Extraordinary by kridsdale2 on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @03:40PM (#33724241)
I've never thought about it this way. Cut off the left side of the bell, rotate the graph by 90 degrees, and you can see that the high-sigma members of the distribution take all the reward and recognition in a limited attention economy.