The author says this:<p>&gt;If this sounds like advocacy for mediocrity, instead of merit, it is not. Keep in mind the following facts<p>And then follows up with a bunch of excuses about how they are not measuring merit by any means because traditional presentations and different project timelines are to difficult to compare for merit.<p>&quot;it sounds like we don&#x27;t want reward merit, and that&#x27;s because we don&#x27;t have the competence to measure it&quot;