Re:The power of role models
by watwut on Saturday February 25, 2017 @04:24PM
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I wonder why would someone downvote this.
To expand on the idea: in meritocracy, networking would matter much less then it matters in tech. Meritocracy would not see "culture fit" as so important as tech have it. Ability to work with others would matter, but there would be no beer test and crap like that. In meritocracy, your ability to socialize after work would matter less. Ability to organize own work would matter more then ability to sit there 80 hour a week being ineffective.
I also think meritocracy would lead to less fads nobody criticize until they are out of fashion at which point everyone criticizes.
So yeah, I stand by tech is not meritocratic and if it stopped being so self-confident about it, it could move closer to that ideal.
Re:The power of role models
by tptacek on Saturday February 25, 2017 @04:31PM
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I don't know. I found the comment hard to parse (but didn't vote it). But in general, remarking on downvotes on HN is an almost certain way to generate a cascade of downvotes.
To expand on the idea: in meritocracy, networking would matter much less then it matters in tech. Meritocracy would not see "culture fit" as so important as tech have it. Ability to work with others would matter, but there would be no beer test and crap like that. In meritocracy, your ability to socialize after work would matter less. Ability to organize own work would matter more then ability to sit there 80 hour a week being ineffective.
I also think meritocracy would lead to less fads nobody criticize until they are out of fashion at which point everyone criticizes.
So yeah, I stand by tech is not meritocratic and if it stopped being so self-confident about it, it could move closer to that ideal.