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by oreally 1541 days ago
> We know that the single best predictor of job success and performance is IQ.

WRONG. WRONG. WRONG.

IQ predicts how fast you learn shit, not how well you do on the job. Plenty of studies from the fields of personality/social psychology/psychometrics talk about this, get out of your narrow SWE field and read up on these subjects. This IQ=job success belief is simply SWE self ego-stroking.

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Jordan Peterson (psychology phd) - The Mystery of High IQ and Industriousness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C0zS2RAzlI

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Actually, I'm pretty sure the GP was referring to this: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-10661-006