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I don't believe it is possible to get into a hub position without being a prick, because all else being equal, you will always get beaten by someone who /is/ wi
by ZenPsycho 14y ago
I don't believe it is possible to get into a hub position without being a prick, because all else being equal, you will always get beaten by someone who /is/ willing to be a prick.
- roguecoder 14y agoUnless other people consciously choose not to reward pricks. Natural selection is driven by both the environment and other members of the species. In a field of tit-for-tat always-defect players no longer win.
- ZenPsycho 14y agoI don't think it's a matter of people rewarding the pricks for being pricks. I think that there are certain boundaries that "pricks" are willing to cross that "nice guys" are not willing to cross. Crossing the boundaries may not be nice, or ethical, or popular, but it could make the difference between leading an organisation full of talented people, or rewarding programmers in the team that actually /sap the productivity of others/ and letting them do that, simply because you don't want to be a prick to them.