Quote Originally Posted by CKNovel View Post
Reverse it, you're forcing a ceiling on others because it's harder for a group.
If a job is tuned to be perfectly equal at the 95th percentile despite giving more for the same effort until that point, then unless you group is expecting you are a top 5%er, you will appear to be holding your group back by taking a harder job, since there is, until the very best of the best, no reward for doing so -- only penalty.