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But how Dunning Kruger are you to put that down? Like chess has a pretty well known rating system that even a moderately interested player would know about. So
by hangonhn 6y ago
But how Dunning Kruger are you to put that down? Like chess has a pretty well known rating system that even a moderately interested player would know about. So in the case of chess you can’t even claim that you didn’t know you are not that great.
You can put down you’re decent at Java or C++ or Python and actually be not that great at it because you have nothing to measure against. But in chess there is a rating system. So you ought to know if you are truly remarkable or not. If you think you are remarkable enough to put it down and then suck at it, how ignorant must you be?! And more importantly, that ignorance is not at all tempered by humility.
- k4tz 6y agoThis is a good take. I like to play chess recreationally; I also know I'm terrible at chess. Never in a thousand years would I put it on my resume.
- prepend 6y agoIt depends where. Under skills seems silly, but under interests seems reasonable. I have a single line on my resume with interests. I don’t list chess, but list cryptography. Because I’m interested in it. I just have that line to help with chitchat during the interview. If some interviewer interpreted that to mean I was a professional cryptographer and that I sucked at it, that would be dumb of them. I also list an interest in kayaking, even though I suck at it.
- woko 6y agoYes, interests is for chit-chat. If the interviewer assumes special qualities based on the interests of the interviewee, it is on the interviewer.
- k4tz 6y agoGood point!
- thrwyoilarticle 6y agoIt's becoming less socially acceptable to be bad at a hobby. I kind of like football but wouldn't dream of calling myself a football fan in more knowledgable company.
- prepend 6y agoI suppose we run in different social circles. I’m not sure what “bad at a hobby” means as the reason I hobbies is because they are fun to me. I list kayaking as a hobby not because I’m competitive and awesome but because I think it’s fun to float down a river. I suppose if a company expected me to be good at my hobby and judged me because of it, I wouldn’t want to work with them because their culture probably has other stupid parts to it too.
- thrwyoilarticle 6y agoI agree. I don't think what I described is a good feature of my social circle.
- hinkley 6y agoContext. If you're applying as a securities trader, you're great at chess... for a securities trader. If you were great as chess for a human, you probably wouldn't be applying for a securities job. Conversely, there was a period of my life where people would hear me talk through a few problems and later confess their surprise/disappointment upon finding out I'm rubbish at chess. I found more lucrative and/or entertaining puzzles to plow my ample free time into, is all.