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whatever1yesterday at 11:38 PM3 repliesview on HN

This reflects humans. If you need reliability for a clearly defined set of problems you don’t hire a superstar.

They will keep poking at the problem, drive it to directions you did not intend to and ultimately they will be worse at the task.


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layer8yesterday at 11:52 PM

Reminiscent of Kobayashi Maru. You probably don’t want the James T. Kirk AI. ;)

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sillysaurusxtoday at 12:48 AM

I’m not sure that’s true. In general, the higher the performer the better they’ll do. That’s the definition of high performer.

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Forgeties79today at 3:18 AM

If they don’t deliver a quality version of what was asked in a reasonable timeframe, they aren’t a superstar. They’re just a skilled technician with no discipline, which can be as bad as a poor technician in many cases.

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