I think of it as one of those things that a lot of people get intuitively, but some people have to have explained to them. You can become good at just about any

I think of it as one of those things that a lot of people get intuitively, but some people have to have explained to them. You can become good at just about anything in life given enough effort, it's just that we usually prefer to play to our strengths instead of making things hard on ourselves. So if you're a terrible artist, you could (a) take years of classes, learn a bunch of techniques, and eventually be able to draw well, or (b) pick another hobby. If the thing you're bad at is social interaction though, (b) is probably not an attractive option. I feel the same way each time one of these "fashion for hackers" posts shows up. It's kind of funny/sad if it's explaining something that you already get, but for those that don't get it, it's surely nice to have it laid out in painstaking detail. Because sometimes option (b) just sucks.