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Sounds like the loser, clueless, sociopath transition.
by CMCDragonkai 6y ago
Sounds like the loser, clueless, sociopath transition.
- sethaurus 6y agoCould you elaborate on this? Are you saying that being unconcerned about how one appears to others is a sociopathic trait? Which aspect of the GP would make someone a "loser"?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoI believe parent is referencing this specifically: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...
- fumar 6y agoI reread this whenever someone posts it and every time I feel a little pang inside. It is almost too spot-on inside a large and established technology organization.
- x87678r 6y agoToo long to read the whole thing, but the first section is one of the most amazingly accurate insights I've seen in a long time.
- UnFleshedOne 6y agoThose are technical terms of Gervais Principle school of office classifications.