> "First, sorry to break it to you, but a little over 49% of developers are below average".
Nope -- 50% of developers are below the median. If I could hazard a guess I would say something like 80% of developers are below average.
I think the best developers tend to already know where they want to work anyway; the wording of job postings probably has little effect on these people.
Interesting question, do great developers at the top throw the curve, leaving most developers below average? What about those who wreak havoc and ruin, which must be fixed by others? Achieving -10x productivity might be difficult, but are there more negative productivity developers than rock stars?
Nope -- 50% of developers are below the median. If I could hazard a guess I would say something like 80% of developers are below average.
I think the best developers tend to already know where they want to work anyway; the wording of job postings probably has little effect on these people.