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The problem is this: it's incredibly difficult to distinguish a brilliant person who lacks people skills from a jerk who convinces people they're brilliant. T
by j_baker 14y ago
The problem is this: it's incredibly difficult to distinguish a brilliant person who lacks people skills from a jerk who convinces people they're brilliant. The doctor in the author's story sounds like the latter. The key clue: the doctor always worked for people on holidays and weekends. I find that jerks are generally very good at looking much busier than they actually are, and this is a very good way to do that.
- joezydeco 14y agoThe article says he offered first to work on holidays. I'd like to believe sick people don't take holidays off and doctors would probably be pretty busy on these days, just like any other. Maybe the Jerk doctor in this article is fed up with stepping in and working extra to keep the business working and the reciprocity has dried up.
- j_baker 14y agoYup. This was why I said it's difficult to distinguish a brilliant person who has little people skills from a jerk who's good at convincing others they're brilliant. And you're certainly correct to point out that this doctor could have been nothing more than a management scapegoat. I've seen that and lived it. At the same time, I've seen people convince others that they're doing the business a favor by hoarding all the work, working long hours, taking credit for others' work, and building up systems that require their knowledge to operate. This is all well and good in a startup where you have few people, but it's murder any time you go beyond that.
- loumf 14y agoDouble the revenue of others and top revenue producer shows some talent that is useful to the business. Also, leveraged himself with spreading training.