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Re:Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by titzer on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:44AM (#16984739)
Oh yeah, there are lots of loads of shit out there. But then again it's easy to get drunk your smartness and decry everything you don't understand or trust as a load of shit. A good example is all "this crap" about "feelings and shit". You think it's dumb so you ignore it for a couple years, and continue being an asshole to everyone around you--not noticing because you are just being "rational" and stuff. Then a couple years later, usually after your team suffers silent attrition for a while and churns over a few times with new people, something goes wrong and you despearately need help. Nobody wants to help you because you've been an asshole to them out of your own self-assured ignorance. And then you find out this "feelings and shit" was not "crap" but people a lot smarter than you knew what the hell they were talking about when they stressed the importance of building relationships and soft skills.

Not accusing you of this, just an example.

The world is full of hidden complexity, so be prepared for an education at any moment, I'd say.

Re:Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by ericjang on Thursday May 03, 2018 @02:30PM (#16988479)
> The world is full of hidden complexity, so be prepared for an education at any moment, I'd say.

Wonderful words! Added to my quotes list :)