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Not all jobs require hiring smart people, in fact for some jobs, hiring a smart person is a liability, law enforcement for instance.
by sorethescore 4y ago
Not all jobs require hiring smart people, in fact for some jobs, hiring a smart person is a liability, law enforcement for instance.
- rednerrus 4y agoI am deleting this comment.
- infamouscow 4y agoPlease explain why hiring a smart person is a liability without relying on a hypothetical strawman.
- asguy 4y agoBecause smart people tend to get bored, and then the expense of training them for a job is "lost". It's not a "hypothetical strawman" .. https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836 https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/st...
- mikestew 4y agoYou'll have to ask the New London, CT police department about that: https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836 https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/st...
- toomuchtodo 4y agoThey will question your decisions and directions instead of blindly following them. You can have curious employees, or obedient employees, but usually not both. You can somewhat pave over this with comp (tech does this), but most of the economy cannot.
- ianai 4y agoI’ve always thought of that as something like “first order smart”. Smart enough to start forming opinions fast but not able to decouple from the need to analyze enough to “just work.” Or patience. Or something.
- sokoloff 4y agoThere are many jobs at which I would personally underperform out of sheer boredom, possibly inventing ways to stay entertained. Army Infantry, cashier, call center worker, landscaper, night watchman, and hundreds of others where well over half of the population would outperform me.