Hi Nico! Of course that it's entirely possible; it does not represent a statistical impossibility. However, as I quoted above,
This is statistically unlikely with a sample of over 70,000 developers
The 70% who considered themselves to be above the average would have to be really close to it, whereas the 10% below should be extremely below. That's why I disregarded that option.
I totally agree with you in that you cannot determine competence just like that. And I don't think that it would mean anything, in any case.
However, I just wanted to point out the bias and to contrast this results with the well known impostor syndrome.
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Hi Nico! Of course that it's entirely possible; it does not represent a statistical impossibility. However, as I quoted above,
The 70% who considered themselves to be above the average would have to be really close to it, whereas the 10% below should be extremely below. That's why I disregarded that option.
I totally agree with you in that you cannot determine competence just like that. And I don't think that it would mean anything, in any case.
However, I just wanted to point out the bias and to contrast this results with the well known impostor syndrome.