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It’s called Dead Sea effect and can be a killing factor to an IT company.
Sometimes though it can be good overall if company has too many seniors I guess.
http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-dead-sea-effect/
That was an interesting read. Thank you. You might make it a post of its own.
Feel free to post it on your own ;)
Holy shit that's good, as is the earlier article about hiring like a sports team.
I used to call this The Incompetence Filter. I like this analogy better.