On: Don’t hire top talent; hire for weaknesses

[motohagiography]

Too complicated. Tell weaker performers they're top talent and let their impostor syndrome do the rest.

[pottertheotter → motohagiography]

I don't think that's how impostor syndrome works? By definition, someone with impostor syndrome is a high performer but they attribute their success to luck, thus they think they are a fraud.

[pseudalopex → pottertheotter]

High performance isn't part of the definition. Average performers can feel like frauds too.

[Waterluvian → motohagiography]

^ how I went from non-programmer to completely indispensable in just a few years.

[nednar → motohagiography]

Sounds very reasonable. I should really do this more often!