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It took me 30 seconds to determine that this guy should be put on the ignore/avoid list. I have seen his type before. There basic line is, "I am the best, eve
by anaphoric 19y ago
It took me 30 seconds to determine that this guy should be put on the ignore/avoid list.
I have seen his type before. There basic line is, "I am the best, everyone else is either stupid or recognizes how great I am. Are you stupid?"
Even if these types have talent, they fail to accept it in others, and thus they are very difficult to deal with. They can become better once they go through the school of hard knocks. And I thinks that this Zeb guy (was that his name?) is about to get some knocks. Maybe he will learn some humility... maybe not. Eventually he will learn, but it might take him 30 more years of pain.
- anaphoric 19y agoFrom his site: "If you haven't noticed, I'm funny and enjoy having fun. Enjoy my site, tell me if you use my projects. Don't take it too seriously though, it's all an act." OK at least this guy probably has the ability of self-parity. It's just that I was first turned off by his seeming arrogance. But now that I look more closely, yes he is probably being picked at by the vultures...
- anaphoric 19y agoActually I finally took more than 30 seconds and read the whole piece and checked around a little. I am not involved in RoR, so I don't know much about his technical claims, but I think his description of the consulting business and the fate of languages is brilliant. I have seen this type of group think and dumbing down in the research world for many years now. I suppose it has a similar form in consulting as well. The world is not kind to the truth seeking individual, especially when that individual announces their intentions. The best one can do is to be wise about what battles to fight and to accept that there will always be some waste and fraud.