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I'm currently reading "So Good They Can't Ignore You" which convincingly argues that getting really good at what you do - building "career capital" as the autho

by jp555 12y ago

I'm currently reading "So Good They Can't Ignore You" which convincingly argues that getting really good at what you do - building "career capital" as the author says - is what we trade for the best jobs (compensation, flexibility, etc). Nadella's initial comment was inarticulate in the sense that it could easily be misunderstood, but I heard "trust that if you acquire rare and valuable skills, the system will work for you, no matter your sex".

Lewton 12y ago
Your interpretation is the way people are interpreting it and disagreeing with!
- jp555 12y ago
  People disagree that the quality of your craft is more a determining property of your success than your sex?
eli 12y ago
Do you agree with Satya that asking for a raise actually hurts an employee in the long run? And that women are therefore at an advantage in this regard because they are less likely to ask for raises? I find that really surprising and I'd love to see any research that supports it.
- jp555 12y ago
  Is that what he said exactly? FTA: "He said it's not about asking for raises, and that women should trust in the system to reward them as they go along. Not asking for a raise is "good karma," because someone will know that that's the kind of person he or she will want to trust" I read: "Focus on developing your craft and the salary (or control, or flexibility, etc) you can gain through exchanging your growing value will naturally grow as well." Being better naturally provides you with more options.
  - eli 12y ago
    I think what I wrote is accurate. He said not asking for raises is "good karma" and that because women don't ask for raises they actually have an "additional superpower." But watch the video and judge for yourself. http://new.livestream.com/accounts/10060267/events/3447060 http://new.livestream.com/accounts/10060267/events/3447060 right around 1:34:00
foolrush 12y ago
There is a subtext of “logic and reason will trump context” here, which is distinctly Rationalist in nature. Part of the issue is an unfortunate framing of racisim, misogyny, etc. as being illogical. This misrepresents a structural issue; racism and misogyny are entirely logical within their respective ideological underpinnings. Hence a core issue: that there is a congruency between conditions and events and an underlying ideological system. To suggest that one can transplant conditions and events of another ideological system (EG Rationalist to Teleological) is a myopically laughable proposition.

by jp555 12y ago

Lewton 12y ago

Your interpretation is the way people are interpreting it and disagreeing with!

jp555 12y ago
People disagree that the quality of your craft is more a determining property of your success than your sex?

eli 12y ago

Do you agree with Satya that asking for a raise actually hurts an employee in the long run? And that women are therefore at an advantage in this regard because they are less likely to ask for raises? I find that really surprising and I'd love to see any research that supports it.

jp555 12y ago
Is that what he said exactly? FTA: "He said it's not about asking for raises, and that women should trust in the system to reward them as they go along. Not asking for a raise is "good karma," because someone will know that that's the kind of person he or she will want to trust" I read: "Focus on developing your craft and the salary (or control, or flexibility, etc) you can gain through exchanging your growing value will naturally grow as well." Being better naturally provides you with more options.
- eli 12y ago
  I think what I wrote is accurate. He said not asking for raises is "good karma" and that because women don't ask for raises they actually have an "additional superpower." But watch the video and judge for yourself. http://new.livestream.com/accounts/10060267/events/3447060 http://new.livestream.com/accounts/10060267/events/3447060 right around 1:34:00

foolrush 12y ago

There is a subtext of “logic and reason will trump context” here, which is distinctly Rationalist in nature. Part of the issue is an unfortunate framing of racisim, misogyny, etc. as being illogical. This misrepresents a structural issue; racism and misogyny are entirely logical within their respective ideological underpinnings. Hence a core issue: that there is a congruency between conditions and events and an underlying ideological system. To suggest that one can transplant conditions and events of another ideological system (EG Rationalist to Teleological) is a myopically laughable proposition.