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I'm a dude, and I can't even count the number of times that I have demonstrated my technical ability, and was subsequently ignored. Happened all the time.

• lallysingh 14y ago
  Yes. Actually I recently experienced something very odd. I was recently quite angry with someone, and I told them. I was noticeably, noticeably angry at the time. Ever since then, that person's taken my professional opinion more seriously. I suspect that people don't take rational data (like observed technical competence) and apply it to their subconscious reasoning and attention systems. It's a failing of theirs for mis-prioritizing input. To get across it, you've gotta get priority on other planes.
  • YuriNiyazov 14y ago
    What you are basically saying is that they can observe you knowing your shit plenty of times, but they don't actually put a little checkbox in their head next to "this dude know what they are talking about" until you yell at them and say "I have demonstrated plenty of times that I know my shit, and you need to put that checkbox in your head" ?
    • lallysingh 14y ago
      Actually I was pissed at them for something else. I think the act of chastising was what changed our interactions, not the content of said chastization.