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>Once people realize you're "different", you get the "poor boy treatment" and that hurts. Or worse, once you're pegged as a hopeless geek then people tend to w
by drzaiusapelord 10y ago
>Once people realize you're "different", you get the "poor boy treatment" and that hurts.
Or worse, once you're pegged as a hopeless geek then people tend to walk all over you and you're not seen as the kind of person who advances, becomes management, etc. You're a freakshow human resource to perform labor that, unfortunately needs to be done, until everything can be a one-click cloud solution.
I make a very special effort to hide whatever geeky qualities I have. I think ultimately a lot of geek culture is manboy-ish and the kinds of people who let all of that loose at work are seen as childish or immature, right or wrong. Sadly, those of us into things like hard sci-fi or DIY maker stuff get lumped in with the guy who still buys Superman comics at age 40 or thinks over-sexualized fan-service anime is humanity's highest artistic calling.
- terminalcommand 10y agoThat's true, most of the time I only say that "I'm good with computers". Nobody understands. But sometimes, it slips out inevitably. Regaining your image or just being able to hold your head high requires great effort.
- eonw 10y agoi try to never let it slip at work that i went to college for graphic design, can shoot great photography, am very proficient in photoshop, do UI/UX design and edit video as well... the things i really dislike doing on a professional level but love to do in my spare time, i don't let on about at work, don't want to muddy the waters. the places where i did let it slip, ended up wanting me to do all that kind of stuff so they didn't have to outsource it or go to another team.