[nickip]

How was he talented? All the stories are the same. "Talented" etc. But then it leads to he never did any work. How can you assess his talent?

[icedchai]

Perhaps he's talented at interviewing? Turns out this is the only skill you really need...

[StackRanker3000]

> worked for us for almost a year and did a solid job

[FootballBat]

All I hear is "really good at interviewing."

[thepasswordis]

The people assessing his talent are falling for the same delusion as the people conducting the interview.

[dragonwriter]

If passing their interviews isn't the same as being a good developer, then those people have to not only admit that the people they hire may not be good at the jobs they are hired for but they themselves aren't good at the job they sell themselves as doing. It's obviously easiest to accept an explanation that doesn't require them to reach that conclusion.

[chanux]

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/pol/fraud/resistance.html

[dazzeloid]

mid-level output, clearly had more capability than his output suggested from his ideas and some particularly strong contributions