Fair enough. I agree .25^20 is basically infinitesimal, and even with a smaller exponent (like .25^3) the odds are not great, so I appreciate you calling this out.
Flipping this around, though, if you have 4 workers total and 3 are busy with jobs (1 idle), your next job has only a 25% chance of hitting the idle worker. This is what I see the most in practice; there is a backlog, and not all workers are busy even though there is a backlog.
Fair enough. I agree .25^20 is basically infinitesimal, and even with a smaller exponent (like .25^3) the odds are not great, so I appreciate you calling this out.
Flipping this around, though, if you have 4 workers total and 3 are busy with jobs (1 idle), your next job has only a 25% chance of hitting the idle worker. This is what I see the most in practice; there is a backlog, and not all workers are busy even though there is a backlog.