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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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