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This also applies in non-business contexts. If you have a nice open source project, minecraft server, web forum, whatever: get rid of the assholes. Even if the
by dale_glass 3y ago
This also applies in non-business contexts.
If you have a nice open source project, minecraft server, web forum, whatever: get rid of the assholes. Even if they are a highly capable person, in the end it's not worth it. They'll turn off other valuable community members, cause drama, and shift the general atmosphere to the worse.
- blueflow 3y agoAnd how do we find out who is the asshole? All people that i heard saying this were convinced its not themselves.
- dale_glass 3y agoSomebody wrote a whole book about this. I've not actually read it, but at least wikipedia's summary is something I agree with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule#Recognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule#Recognitio...
- hnfong 3y agoAnd that's the flaw of the article. The author would not have known the broker was an asshole until they actually started working with them. Sure you can decide to back out sooner, but then you still worked with the asshole if only for a short while. The real problem is how to identify the asshole, which isn't much of a moral tale but a matter of experience and competence in screening people and attracting good people.