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I literally created a Hacker News account solely for the purpose of observing that this is a terrible article and the author should feel terrible for writing it
by treatpeoplewell 8y ago
I literally created a Hacker News account solely for the purpose of observing that this is a terrible article and the author should feel terrible for writing it.
The idea that social maladaptation and/or rudeness is some sort of marker for talent is garbage, and wrong.
Furthermore, the idea that talent is or should be an EXCUSE for social maladaptation or rudeness is ALSO garbage, and wrong.
- ogoutay 8y agoAgreed for the talent<->rudeness. The whole manager vs hacker thing is also terrible. Of course there are some bad managers, as much as there are bad hackers (and bad coworkers etc...). There are also some really good ones. World is not black and white, more like 50 shades of grey (OMG I should be slapped for this joke).
- toastking 8y agoYou hit on something important which is there's a difference between being a programmer and being a programmer on a team. Working together on something creative like a codebase or a design is a whole different set of skills that's arguable more important than just being good at programming.
- orev 8y agoMany people see successful people who are socially maladjusted and try to emulate the maladjustment part in hopes of replicating the success. Correlation <> causation
- WalterSear 8y agoAre you saying I bought all these black turtleneck sweaters for nothing?!?