Be who you are. Worst advice ever. What does that even mean? As a scientist, you perform the same experiment 100 times with the same conditions, same procedure

Be who you are. Worst advice ever. What does that even mean? As a scientist, you perform the same experiment 100 times with the same conditions, same procedures and get the same result. You don't expect to see a different result on the 101st time unless you change something different. Most geeks like to think of themselves as possessing both the ambition and talent to "change the world"; but yet at the same time, they also like to think of themselves as empathetic (unlike those jock duches), hard-working (engineering creates value unlike sales) & down to earth (supports liberal causes) whose work and personality will only improve society for the better. When in reality, most geeks are afraid of rocking the boat and are eager to please. No one can blame someone who "wants to change the world." No one will get jealous when you are at the bottom of the social totem-pole or an engineer that takes marching orders gladly from management. It takes guts to admit that you are a selfish person (which all human beings are) and oppose other people to get what you want. Especially if the other person comes from a position of greater power (politically, economically, physically, sexually), but that's what makes a man a man, standing up for yourself against all odds. If you want to be rich, get laid, or even get ahead career-wise. You have to be willing to do what other people aren't willing to do, which is to say take risks that most people aren't willing to bear. You have to be willing to lose all your money and time, get slapped countless times, get into fights, get fired, lose your job, friends & girlfriend. You are willing to undergo ridicule, humiliation & oppression from your peers, parents & authority to be who you want to be, not what other people want you to be. If you can't stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen but don't rationalize it to "being who you are" because you are not who you should be because you don't want to take the risks.