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Don’t shoot for the moon: aiming for ‘above average’ is key to success, maths suggests
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 May 2026
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Well, even "average" has it's place. Had HR try to guilt trip me once by claiming "You only deliver average work compared to coworker X".
Thing is I was working on an unfamiliar tech stack and X was/is insanely good at what they did/do. So I said "Under the given circumstances I take that as a praise". Of course HR didn't see it that way but I didn't stay long with the company anyway.