OT: This was a great, thanks! For those interested in the HN comments, it was last posted 11 month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22956832

On topic: I think the comments already give a broad overview of what to expect, and not the idealized but non-existent average. Though a lot posted here seems to be quite generic; I know some issues first hand though I never worked at a company that could compare to Google on matters of size (similarities might be related to the composition of employees and the maturity of the product and processes).

Great article - thanks for sharing.

I think this talks to "I think with generalisations, some people forget its only generally true"

Here sizing was specific. E.g. Even simplified to a single measure, the Dutch are generally tall. Few are likely to be exactly the average height, and that number of exactly average people is going to reduce the more specific the measurement e.g 183cm vs 182.523431412cm

So if you want to fault a generalisation, be more specific.... see second line.