This is a weird way of thinking. Turn it around and think as a hiring manager. There’s only one best programmer in the world, but I’ve got five open slots for software engineers so I clearly can’t hire the number one five times. I don’t even want the best programmer in the world. I want 5 stable, sensible people who can do the job. That’s how the whole economy works. You don’t want the best head of cabbage in the world, you want a head of cabbage meeting your criteria and at an affordable price. Selling good cabbage makes money. Growing the best cabbage in the world gets you a blue ribbon worth exactly nothing.

Best is a hollow and worthless title. If you want to make money you get good at doing the job. Do it better every day and in every way. That’s where there’s economic value. The only time best matters is for the Olympic gold, and even that’s not made of gold. Olympic athletes are poor as shit. If you want actual gold learn to do a job well and forget best.