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That's politics 101. But at the same time, if you humble yourself too much, people will walk all over you, and your work might have less impact than it should
by analog31 4y ago
That's politics 101.
But at the same time, if you humble yourself too much, people will walk all over you, and your work might have less impact than it should have. For instance if they assume that the things you say are ignore-able when they are actually correct and important.
- dekhn 4y agoNobody walks over me. For example, while I play stupid, many people in the room know I'm asking dumb questions to get the presenter to admit the unspoken problems with their presentation. Think of a person giving a VC pitch. There's always somebody in the back asking "Oh, hey, I guess I'm slow because I didn't have my coffee yet, but I'm really confused. You said earlier that your monetization depends on conversions, but the advertising strategy is designed to maximize impressions. I don't get, how can you turn an impression into a conversion?"
- seoaeu 4y agoI think of it as jeopardy rules: any time you are correcting someone you must phrase it as a question. If they’ve made a mistake, it lets them save face. And if you are actually wrong, you save face
- dekhn 4y agohaha, I like that. TBH I'd really just prefer to ask them what the windspeed of a laden swallow was, and send them down into the pit.