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A little less contempt and a bit more patience for what is likely to be unintentional ignorance would do you much good. Zed Shaw has to act like a toxic asshol

A little less contempt and a bit more patience for what is likely to be unintentional ignorance would do you much good. Zed Shaw has to act like a toxic asshole to get their opinions heard - you don't have to, and if that derision leaks into your interactions, it's not surprising you find yourself surrounded by morons. Only a moron would continue to knowingly work with a toxic asshole.

galdosdi 9y ago
I am sorry. TBQH you're kinda right that my tone is too acidic. That's what happens when you post on HN at 2am :) / :( My point, independent of its tone, still stands. I do believe I made it clear I'm NOT referring to unintentional ignorance. I'm complaining about people who act like they know everything, not people who genuinely don't know some things and have the humility and common sense to not hide it. I do have incredible contempt for people with this level of hubris and it hasn't been a problem for me so far and I don't intend to change. Since it has not been a problem in my career, I guess I come off pretty well in IRL social situations but we're just having a text-based misunderstanding or whatever. I have absolutely no contempt for anyone who is willing to admit they don't know everything, and have spent plenty of time working on teams where everyone was great partly because they had that kind of humility. FWIW, most people are decent like that. I'm just sick of even having to deal with that small egotistical minority. So is everyone else. The specific thing I'm most sick of is people who think knowing how to program is some kind of genius level skill, so if you have it, you get to accordingly act like you are an expert at all manner of unrelated things too. News flash: programming is easy, it only seems hard for temporary social/historical reasons. Literacy also used to be a very, very special skill. Times change.
- some_account 9y ago
  If learning statistics means hanging around your kind of personality, then no thank you. Hope you understand this with your giant brain. :)
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galdosdi 9y ago

I am sorry. TBQH you're kinda right that my tone is too acidic. That's what happens when you post on HN at 2am :) / :( My point, independent of its tone, still stands. I do believe I made it clear I'm NOT referring to unintentional ignorance. I'm complaining about people who act like they know everything, not people who genuinely don't know some things and have the humility and common sense to not hide it. I do have incredible contempt for people with this level of hubris and it hasn't been a problem for me so far and I don't intend to change. Since it has not been a problem in my career, I guess I come off pretty well in IRL social situations but we're just having a text-based misunderstanding or whatever. I have absolutely no contempt for anyone who is willing to admit they don't know everything, and have spent plenty of time working on teams where everyone was great partly because they had that kind of humility. FWIW, most people are decent like that. I'm just sick of even having to deal with that small egotistical minority. So is everyone else. The specific thing I'm most sick of is people who think knowing how to program is some kind of genius level skill, so if you have it, you get to accordingly act like you are an expert at all manner of unrelated things too. News flash: programming is easy, it only seems hard for temporary social/historical reasons. Literacy also used to be a very, very special skill. Times change.

some_account 9y ago
If learning statistics means hanging around your kind of personality, then no thank you. Hope you understand this with your giant brain. :)
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