Is there a reason you came to have this opinion in the first place? The reasons you gave could work as explanations if “talented people are abundant” is true, but what actually makes you believe that in the first place?
It’s hard for me to figure out whether I believe the same thing or not; when I look at the totality of my non-EA work experience, in many different fields where “ops”-type skills were required, I think I’d lean toward “ops talent is not as abundant as I once thought”, but all I can back that up with is a series of anecdotes. (Many freelance tutors are not well-organized despite being in a job that strongly rewards ops talent, many businesspeople in high-profile positions use clunky filing systems and zero productivity tools, many hospital IT people are poor communicators… all of these are examples of ops skill being useful, but not present.)
Is there a reason you came to have this opinion in the first place? The reasons you gave could work as explanations if “talented people are abundant” is true, but what actually makes you believe that in the first place?
It’s hard for me to figure out whether I believe the same thing or not; when I look at the totality of my non-EA work experience, in many different fields where “ops”-type skills were required, I think I’d lean toward “ops talent is not as abundant as I once thought”, but all I can back that up with is a series of anecdotes. (Many freelance tutors are not well-organized despite being in a job that strongly rewards ops talent, many businesspeople in high-profile positions use clunky filing systems and zero productivity tools, many hospital IT people are poor communicators… all of these are examples of ops skill being useful, but not present.)