Re:How Bullshitters Not Just Survive But Thrive (2016)
by Apfel on Monday January 23, 2017 @02:09PM
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I am an S-W, 100%. This article basically describes exactly how I act. I know what I am and I hate it and desperately want to change.
He's absolutely bang on that when a bullshitter hits a performance-based situation they're screwed (I'm an early career academic in exactly this situation, it sucks).
S-Ws who don't want to change may well be criticising the article, but there are hopefully some other self-aware ones too!
Re:How Bullshitters Not Just Survive But Thrive (2016)
by vorg on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @12:23AM
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Most S-W types in programming jobs act that way because they don't have the aptitude for programming but for whatever reason ended up somehow in a programming job. They are mentally incapable of doing programming work, so act as S-W because that's the only choice available to them, short of quitting to do another type of job.
You're ignoring the third possibility: S-W and CB types are more likely to say negative things about this article, and upvote criticizing comments (like one by basseq).
Personally, I largely agree with the article (I relate to the W-S type). However I didn't really understand the difference between S-W and CB (highly distilled version? author didn't expand on that). To me, all S-W types look like bullshitters.