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That argument would lead you to the conclusion that if your peers are objectively better than you, then it's immoral for you to seek employment; you must improv

That argument would lead you to the conclusion that if your peers are objectively better than you, then it's immoral for you to seek employment; you must improve yourself or choose a different industry. So do you think you are among the world's best in your area of expertise, or are you voluntarily unemployed? ;)

TeMPOraL 10y ago
I do suffer from impostor syndrome sometimes :). That said, most of my peers who are objectively better than me are already employed, and it's up to employers to select from the available pool of employees. My responsibility is to truthfully present my skills during interview.
- softawre 10y ago
  If it is on the employer to make a value judgement on your skills, then isn't it also up to the window shopper to make a value judgement on the merchandise?
  - TeMPOraL 10y ago
    Well, yes - but in my original comment I didn't say that if you get half a feature behind your competitor, you should trash your merchandise and go do something else. I complained about people willingly making and selling shit, covering the deficiencies up with marketing. In hiring analogy, it would be as if I couldn't code at all, but could talk my way through the interviews - and so instead of actually learning to code, I'd earn money by getting employed at companies and trying to extract as many paychecks and benefits as I can and then quitting before they figure out I'm a fraud. Me investing my time to get a job through pure charisma, without bringing any merit to the table, is like selling products on pure marketing. Pretty dishonest, and also poisons the ecosystem for everyone.
Retra 10y ago
Fortunately, hypocrisy is not a fallacy.
- tripzilch 10y ago
  It is when other people do it.
- tetromino_ 10y ago
  > hypocrisy is not a fallacy ... but a warning sign that an argument is probably too broad, too absolute, too confidently stated, and has ten thousand exceptions that you didn't consider.

TeMPOraL 10y ago

I do suffer from impostor syndrome sometimes :). That said, most of my peers who are objectively better than me are already employed, and it's up to employers to select from the available pool of employees. My responsibility is to truthfully present my skills during interview.

softawre 10y ago
If it is on the employer to make a value judgement on your skills, then isn't it also up to the window shopper to make a value judgement on the merchandise?
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  Well, yes - but in my original comment I didn't say that if you get half a feature behind your competitor, you should trash your merchandise and go do something else. I complained about people willingly making and selling shit, covering the deficiencies up with marketing. In hiring analogy, it would be as if I couldn't code at all, but could talk my way through the interviews - and so instead of actually learning to code, I'd earn money by getting employed at companies and trying to extract as many paychecks and benefits as I can and then quitting before they figure out I'm a fraud. Me investing my time to get a job through pure charisma, without bringing any merit to the table, is like selling products on pure marketing. Pretty dishonest, and also poisons the ecosystem for everyone.

Retra 10y ago

Fortunately, hypocrisy is not a fallacy.

tripzilch 10y ago
It is when other people do it.
tetromino_ 10y ago
> hypocrisy is not a fallacy ... but a warning sign that an argument is probably too broad, too absolute, too confidently stated, and has ten thousand exceptions that you didn't consider.