[sharemywin]

So, using your logic shouldn't your boss fire you for being mediocre at hiring? Usually a team with all A players doesn't really work out anyway. They spend all their time pissing on each other and avoiding doing the boring grunt code. For every leader you need some followers that don't mind doing the crap code.

[asbestoshft]

Interesting points. I do suck at hiring but I also think I'm better than average at it. Its just a really hard problem where if you are really bad at it in some absolute sense you are actually pretty good at it in a relative sense. But yes if I was significantly worse than the average of my peers then my boss should fire me. I'm not trying to get all A players and I agree with your comments regarding that. I also edited my question as I see "very mediocre" isn't what I meant. Have you ever seen a below average developer turn into a better than average developer?