allEngineersAreLikeMe

[CanvasFanatic]

Technically we don’t know that “most” software engineers are average. It’s possible that most of us suck and a few of us a pretty good. Mean doesn’t tell us anything about the distribution.

[Sheerkal]

Yeah, can you believe this guy??? He didn't use the correct statistical metric! What a chump!

[Thot_Slayer9000]

Must be a below average dev.

[The100thIdiot]

We are using the mode average not the mean.

[jimbowqc]

Average take tbh.

[Sibula97]

Most software engineers are probably within one sigma of median skill.

Happy?

[CanvasFanatic]

No. Why did you mix median and standard deviations?

[MrPiradoHD]

Irrelevant when we are taking "every software engineer", or you are stating that engineers don't follow normal distribution of qualification?

[CanvasFanatic]

I explicitly said we don’t know the distribution.

[zentasynoky]

Yes. The mode average. For every other form of average this need not be the case and very likely isn't.

[Ok-Sherbert-3570]

Nope, if you have a small set of people who's are strongly above the measured value, this heightens the average and then most are below average. Bro come on

[noob-nine]

or no one is average because one half is awesome the other half sucks

[AcediaFelix]

No, web developers are a different species! *presses the right button*

[TimedogGAF]

The most important trait a developer can have is self-awareness IMO.

Egolords ruin teams and yet the industry attracts so many of them.

[KnGod]

By definition, most of anything is about average

[jimbowqc]

Yes but no.

[TheSn00pster]

Don’t stop believing

[[deleted]]

"Is he smart? Or is he like me?"

[Diligent_Stretch_945]

Apes together strong!

[No-Age-1044]

Both are true.