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Re:Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review... by marcinzm on Friday July 19, 2019 @06:29AM (#20477433)
You can argue against things without pissing people off in the process. Remember, at the end of the day you're at Atlassian and not a medical company, no one is going to die because of your decisions.
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Re:Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review... by wolfgke on Friday July 19, 2019 @07:03AM (#20477572)
> You can argue against things without pissing people off in the process.

This requires lots of political skills that only few people have.

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Re:Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review... by mcphage on Friday July 19, 2019 @11:15AM (#20479305)
> This requires lots of political skills that only few people have.

Well then, then that sounds like a pretty valuable skill that should be given greater focus during performance reviews, doesn't it?

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Re:Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review... by wolfgke on Friday July 19, 2019 @11:56AM (#20479660)
> Well then, then that sounds like a pretty valuable skill that should be given greater focus during performance reviews, doesn't it?

Rather, being a very rational person instead of being pissed off by arguments, is a skill that should be given greater focus during performance reviews for programmers.

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Re:Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review... by mcphage on Friday July 19, 2019 @03:16PM (#20481632)
Oh, absolutely—with one caveat: the people I know who are most "a very rational person" tend to also be the ones who get most pissed off by arguments.
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Re:Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review... by Nasrudith on Friday July 19, 2019 @07:26AM (#20477685)
I would go further and say it is impossible because it is up to them to be pissed off or not. You can only not antagonize but to fanatics not serving them sufficiently is antagonizing them.
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