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Because it's a useful skill if OP wants to climb the pole, or OP simply wants to appear to be less nerdy?
by markus_zhang 2y ago
Because it's a useful skill if OP wants to climb the pole, or OP simply wants to appear to be less nerdy?
- indigoman4586 2y agoYou can appear less nerdy by finding other things you are interested in, art, philosophy, music etc and developing those skills. Climbing the pole to feed into the 'talk lot, say nothing' system is just feeding the broken system recursively. It is obvious why OP wants it, but OP should question whether they should want that.
- markus_zhang 2y agoIMO it's a lot easier to just appear to be amiable in a corporate environment than do other things, especially if one does not really care about being amiable but only APPEAR to be. I have so far learned to make meaningless smalltalks and other small techniques just to make sure that I tick all those normal human being boxes. I actually care nothing about that but ticking those boxes makes me feel safer.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoOP should be very cautious about climbing the pole. They're likely to absolutely hate it up there. They're going to have to become someone they're not, and be that all the time. Look, there's nothing wrong with broadening your range - with learning empathy, and how to make small talk, and such. But don't take a role that expects you to be outside your normal self 100% of the time.