# Avishai Ish-Shalom - Talent Is Largely a Myth (Highlights)  ## Highlights - For example, Joel Spolsky has observed years ago that almost all companies are somehow convinced they hire only the top 1% of developers - there is no metric or even a group of metrics which can be measured and by which we can evaluate developers. - A genius is not born but is educated and trained - The history of innovation demonstrates that innovation isn’t driven by heroic geniuses but by intricate collaborative networks - there is no way for a startup to pay a top 1% developer