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I'd rather have my feelings hurt in exchange for an honest opinion than to hear worthless words that sound nice. Always. And I'd always prefer a competent assh
by scrrr 13y ago
I'd rather have my feelings hurt in exchange for an honest opinion than to hear worthless words that sound nice. Always.
And I'd always prefer a competent asshole boss to a friendly guy that doesn't know how to do his job.
Personally, I think too much niceness and, by extension, political correctness is bad for honesty, truth, effectiveness and, ultimately, for culture. The culture in the office and the culture as a whole.
We shouldn't expect to go through life with everyone being nice all the time. It's not realistic. Tough love is good. I don't want to live in an environment of friendly bullshit.
And thus I am happy that Linus is the way he is. A very accomplished man that doesn't care about your precious political correctness.
(I assume Steve Jobs was similar in that regard.)
- subsection1h 13y agoI'd rather have my feelings hurt in exchange for an honest opinion than to hear worthless words that sound nice. False dichotomy. And I'd always prefer a competent asshole boss to a friendly guy that doesn't know how to do his job. False dichotomy.
- goblin89 13y agoI agree, but with a reservation that personalities are different. Someone less sociable (like me) may even confuse extensively sugar-coated criticism for an approval. Those more sophisticated and well-versed in politics would see right through it—and direct criticism may sound insulting to them. (I believe the latter kind isn't very common among programmer folk, but still.) IMO it's important that a person can position themselves in a company so that they mostly communicate with colleagues who share communication style. Anyway, Linus is known for his personality even outside Linux kernel development team, so I wonder whether this issue is blown out of proportion.