how to be average (and why) by peter burkholder

How to be Awesome

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How to be Awesome Average

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The Importance of Being Average

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PopulationN

Ability X

You’reAwesome

Awesome is less interesting

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PopulationN’

Ability X’

You’reAverage

Awesome is less interesting than average

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GitHubCommitters

Coding Quality

You’reAverage

Shift your reference and have room to grow

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Pay

Worker Ability

AAA

A

A

A

Company A

Relative to your colleagues...

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Pay

Worker Ability

Company A, with new PeersB

BB

BBB

Company B

Raise

AAA

A

A

APP

P

PP

P

Relative to your colleagues...

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Relative to DevOps ...

C A L M S

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Relative to DevOps ...

C A L M SEffort

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Relative to human physical limits...

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Relative to human physical limits...

Meal breaks

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Relative to human physical limits

Meal breaks

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Relative to other leaders...

90% of managers rank themselves as superior to their peers

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Relative to other leaders...

90% of managers rank themselves as superior to their peers

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Relative to your populace ...

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Relative to your populace ...

W.W.A.D?

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Don’t fight stupid;Embrace average;

Make more awesome

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Thanks!References: @pburkholder

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