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Here's another perspective. Let's say the company you joined has a culture that is big on sports, specifically American football. A lot of the people on the tea
by iandanforth 10y ago
Here's another perspective. Let's say the company you joined has a culture that is big on sports, specifically American football. A lot of the people on the team care about the sport, make jokes about it, and make passing references to the current events in the game. If you're the kind of person who cares about fitting in, you might just read up on the game and perhaps browse the sports page headlines so the comments and jokes don't go totally over your head. You know when to laugh.
This type of book can help with the cultural roadblocks non CS degree wielding programmers may have. There are many cultural code words that CS degree holders use and being up on those can make an "impostor's" life easier.
- vonmoltke 10y ago> Here's another perspective. Let's say the company you joined has a culture that is big on sports, specifically American football. A lot of the people on the team care about the sport, make jokes about it, and make passing references to the current events in the game. If you're the kind of person who cares about fitting in, you might just read up on the game and perhaps browse the sports page headlines so the comments and jokes don't go totally over your head. You know when to laugh. Personally, I wouldn't want to work at a place where I felt like I needed to "fit in".
- magic_beans 10y agoI work in fashion because it was the best job I could get before I ran out of money. I have zero interest in fashion. I don't fit in with my colleagues because I have zero interest in fashion. It is not very fun to work in an environment where I have so little in common with my colleagues, but I didn't have much of a choice in the matter. Alls I'm saying is... sometimes the circumstances of life dictate where we find ourselves employed.