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I wonder if this comes down to a personality conflict of someone with an organized mind vs someone with a disorganized mind. I've been very successful in life b

I wonder if this comes down to a personality conflict of someone with an organized mind vs someone with a disorganized mind. I've been very successful in life but I've had friends in my life repeatedly intervene and sort out organization aspects because I am that bad at it. I once missed a job interview because I didn't realize what day it was (they rescheduled me and I got the job and the consistent feedback there was they are glad they got me). My School and University timetables were memorized by my close friends who'd write it all down and give me a heads up on changes to the schedule that were happening. Repeatedly I encounter people who witness my level of disorganization with shock that I could possibly be of value to society. I can see here that someone missed a meeting invite. I suspect someone organized saw this and couldn't fathom how someone so disorganized could possibly succeed.

detaro 6y ago
Given what some other commenters have said here, I'd also assume a conflict in weight put on it. For the organizers, this is obviously a very important touchpoint that nobody would miss, and if they did they clearly don't care about important things. It's obviously really important to the in-person program, and now it's online. Where for the author it suddenly was just another online meeting that he missed the pointers to. (EDIT: if I understand the author correctly, not even the first thing in the calendar?)
- AnotherGoodName 6y ago
  Even the idea of an absolutely non missable meeting must have come from someone with a very different perspective than myself. I don't get offended at this and it's ok to have a program for a certain group of people only (I'm too old anyway) but I wonder if they've thought about this themselves. There's a set of people, quite a large set in the tech community, who'd do poorly in RC based on this discussion.
  - nikisweeting 6y ago
    Overall it's still one of the more lax orgs in this regard though, and it caters well to those who aren't great at following rigid schedules. Out of a 1-3 month batch, literally everything else is missable. There is no attendance, no grades, etc. nothing to otherwise force students to comply with some strict schedule.
    - LegitShady 6y ago
      That sounds like there is a serious design issue with their system if this one thing only is unmissable yet everything else is totally different. If this is critical it's the piece that should be recorded and distributed so no one can miss it.

detaro 6y ago

Given what some other commenters have said here, I'd also assume a conflict in weight put on it. For the organizers, this is obviously a very important touchpoint that nobody would miss, and if they did they clearly don't care about important things. It's obviously really important to the in-person program, and now it's online. Where for the author it suddenly was just another online meeting that he missed the pointers to. (EDIT: if I understand the author correctly, not even the first thing in the calendar?)

AnotherGoodName 6y ago
Even the idea of an absolutely non missable meeting must have come from someone with a very different perspective than myself. I don't get offended at this and it's ok to have a program for a certain group of people only (I'm too old anyway) but I wonder if they've thought about this themselves. There's a set of people, quite a large set in the tech community, who'd do poorly in RC based on this discussion.
- nikisweeting 6y ago
  Overall it's still one of the more lax orgs in this regard though, and it caters well to those who aren't great at following rigid schedules. Out of a 1-3 month batch, literally everything else is missable. There is no attendance, no grades, etc. nothing to otherwise force students to comply with some strict schedule.
  - LegitShady 6y ago
    That sounds like there is a serious design issue with their system if this one thing only is unmissable yet everything else is totally different. If this is critical it's the piece that should be recorded and distributed so no one can miss it.