I graduated into the dot com bust as a programmer and made it

Re:I graduated into the dot com bust as a programmer and mad... by KKKKkkkk1 on Thursday April 09, 2020 @11:55AM (#22823752)

> I intuit that if you are insanely dedicated enough the universe has a weird appreciation for that kind of thing, and eventually throws you a bone. I know it's wrong and irrational but everytime I've tried that it's worked, so there's some anecdotal personal truth.

This is an unfalsifiable assertion. It also implies that if you failed, you just didn't want it hard enough. That's not a message that people who are having trouble finding a job need to hear.

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Re:I graduated into the dot com bust as a programmer and mad... by seisvelas on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:20PM (#22824044)

Yeah that's why I said 'I know it's wrong and irrational', haha. It helped me when I had trouble finding a job. Maybe different people need different messages. Like the OSCP motto, 'when the going gets tough, try harder'. For some people that would be demotivating, whereas for others it has the opposite effect.

Perhaps people have 'motivational styles' and the best approach is to learn what kind of message works best for one's personal styles.

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