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You sort of proved his point. Your preference for working alone is because you avoid being in a team.

• jqm 12y ago
  A good team is better than being alone. A bad team... well, I'll take alone any day over that.
  • w0rd-driven 12y ago
    Exactly. A bad team just destroys productivity for the most part. You generally won't get any answers you seek in a reasonable fashion if the team is bad enough. In that instance you might as well work alone.
  • dsuth 12y ago
    Not good and not bad. I wouldn't compare the two as it's a false dichotomy. Just as some tasks are better done in pairs, others are better done alone. You can work as part of a team, but also individually.
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• doctorfoo 12y ago
  >Your preference for working alone is because you avoid being in a team That's quite an assumption to make. We could easily turn it on its head: My avoidance of being in a team is because of my preference for working alone. I might indeed be terrible in a team, and sadly go off alone. I might be terrible in a team, and yet happily go off alone. I might be terrible in a team, because I enjoy being alone so much more, and so I rarely get any experience with being in a team. (And when I do, I might barely put in any effort because I find it so tedious and unpleasant compared to my preferred manner of working). If I know I'm happy doing A, and there is a disjoint activity B, then naturally my tendency to A will reduce my time spent doing B. There may or may not be correlation.
  • pessimizer 12y ago
    >That's quite an assumption to make. >I do know that I'm terrible in a team and prefer working alone. It's certainly not 'quite' an assumption.
    • doctorfoo 12y ago
      The "and" leaves that sentence somewhat ambiguous with respect to any cause and effect ("and so" or "because I" might have swung it either way). But in the further context of: >Dude I absolutely love being alone >"Relaxing", "exciting", and "interesting also apply I feel it becomes elevated to "quite" an assumption.
      • Spearchucker 12y ago
        Astute. My team considers me a great team worker. Some say stuff like motivating, leadership and mentor in my reviews. That's the extrinsic perspective. Intrinsically I love the sense of accomplishment I get from my own contributions. In comparison to the senseless bickering the team does I see my code, documentation and conversation as pithy and efficient. I know enough to keep these kinds of thoughts to myself. Some in the team don't. It tends to make them look arrogant and haughty.
• nilkn 12y ago
  How in the world do you know he avoids working in a team? Nothing he wrote implies that at all. "Preferring" to work alone doesn't even remotely mean he avoids teams. He could be working in a team all the time. That's completely consistent with also seeking out alone time during other moments in your life. By your logic, someone who prefers leisure over work must apparently avoid work.