[kasey_junk]

They are absolutely the same problem. Because we can't measure productivity, we can't determine relative quality in an objective way. If we could, it would make the hiring process much more simple.

The question I have is, how is this much different than any other profession? How do we measure doctor productivity? What keeps me up at night is that it is very likely that the 90/10 crap to good ratio in software developers is probably the same ratio as surgeons.

[vadman]

Must be the same in every profession. How many of e.g. your school teachers were good? About 10%.

I am wondering if the ratio holds for crap to good parents. The scarier aspect of this is that people are actually being trained for their professions, as opposed to parenting, so the ratio may be even worse.