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Re:Ask YC: Best ways to become socially adept? by DaniFong on Monday April 21, 2008 @04:29PM (#169847)
Learn to genuinely like people.
Re:Ask YC: Best ways to become socially adept? by xlnt on Monday April 21, 2008 @06:29PM (#169998)
there are a lot of replies kind of like this. but wouldn't it be better to learn to accurately judge people, and not socialize with people who aren't worthwhile?
Re:Ask YC: Best ways to become socially adept? by DaniFong on Tuesday April 22, 2008 @03:01AM (#170362)
There's a difference between not actively spending time with people because you have other things to attend to, versus because you don't like them.

I am often forced to judge people. But I don't like it. At a deep level, I am unsuited towards judging people negatively.

Re:Ask YC: Best ways to become socially adept? by elai on Monday April 21, 2008 @09:29PM (#170163)
Judgmental people are not successful socially. Get off your geek high horse!
Re:Ask YC: Best ways to become socially adept? by yters on Tuesday April 22, 2008 @11:23PM (#171246)
But it is for this very reason we geeks always gripe about higher management, at least the ethically loose people who blended in with the crowd to work their way up the ladder.
Re:Ask YC: Best ways to become socially adept? by xlnt on Monday April 21, 2008 @09:31PM (#170165)
Truth before social success? Why would you want social stuff, or anything, that you hadn't judged was a good thing to want?