you assume professionalism and technical ability are positively correlated. my anecdotal observations would lean the other way but i have no data to substantiat

you assume professionalism and technical ability are positively correlated. my anecdotal observations would lean the other way but i have no data to substantiate this on i do disagree with the methodology of the paper though - adherence to standards is a metric of conformance to a status quo, which as someone else’s comment points out feels like the midwit meme