No offense but have you considered the strong possibility that you're just holding it wrong? You're entitled to your opinion, but OP is hardly the first person to say something like this and is surrounded by tons of folks saying the exact same thing. Just because it sounds weird to you, doesn't mean it's not true.

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_se a few seconds ago | parent | next [-]

Everyone saying it is in the "not as good as they think they are" camp is the very obvious explanation.

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applfanboysbgon an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

By definition, 50% of developers are below average, so there are indeed "tons of folks" who are not very good at what they do.

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salutis an hour ago | parent [-]

That is not how averages work. By definition of mean, perhaps.

	▲	Xenoamorphous 43 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Indeed. Most people have more arms than average, which must be 1.9 something.
	▲	cl3misch 29 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That is how a median is defined, not the mean.