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I think its borne of insecurity - if you cant be good at your job at least look like yoy care about your job

• Loughla 7y ago
  You read that wrong. OP never said s/he wasn't good at their job, nor did they say they didn't care. They said they do it in such a way as to make it seem easy. I'm in that camp as well. I never get flustered. I never get overwhelmed. I never get bothered to run around like an idiot or panic over everything, like so many other administrators in my field do. And it's all on purpose. I never get flustered, because I want everyone around me to understand and believe that I'm doing what comes naturally to me, and that I'm the best at what I do because of it.
  • rusk 7y ago
    No, I think you and a few other people read me wrong. You see these people going around in a flap, all heat, little light. Meanwhile there's other people in the office quietly getting on with things. The noisy one is compensating for inability with visibility.
    • Loughla 7y ago
      Ah! Then I would argue that your original sentiment is too vague to be understood that way. How I read it was that the poster who doesn't look disheveled doesn't look like s/he cares about his job. For what it's worth now, I agree with you 100%. The loudest person to talk about how useful they are, generally are the least useful.
      • rusk 7y ago
        Yeah sorry I might have made some mistakes with my emphasis. A sense of grammar shaped by years at the codeface ... Empty vessels make the most noise, or so the saying goes ...