how to be average (and why) by peter burkholder
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How to be Awesome
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How to be Awesome Average
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The Importance of Being Average
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PopulationN
Ability X
You’reAwesome
Awesome is less interesting
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PopulationN’
Ability X’
You’reAverage
Awesome is less interesting than average
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GitHubCommitters
Coding Quality
You’reAverage
Shift your reference and have room to grow
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Pay
Worker Ability
AAA
A
A
A
Company A
Relative to your colleagues...
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Pay
Worker Ability
Company A, with new PeersB
BB
BBB
Company B
Raise
AAA
A
A
APP
P
PP
P
Relative to your colleagues...
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Relative to DevOps ...
C A L M S
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Relative to DevOps ...
C A L M SEffort
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Relative to human physical limits...
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Relative to human physical limits...
Meal breaks
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Relative to human physical limits
Meal breaks
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Relative to other leaders...
90% of managers rank themselves as superior to their peers
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Relative to other leaders...
90% of managers rank themselves as superior to their peers
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Relative to your populace ...
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Relative to your populace ...
W.W.A.D?
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Don’t fight stupid;Embrace average;
Make more awesome
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