Choose your status game wisely

Re:Choose your status game wisely by kansface on Friday April 01, 2022 @06:52PM (#30884119)

Somewhat ironically, refusing to acknowledge or honor conventional status games is itself a status increasing play among hackers, which invalidates the spirit of the advice if not the advice itself! This is also probably terrible advice for a different milieu.

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Re:Choose your status game wisely by Daishiman on Saturday April 02, 2022 @08:33PM (#30893013)

As you get older, you find that the active refusal of status games as a countercultural ploy just gets tired and makes you seen a someone hard to deal with. Learn to dress well and talk well to play the game, then be able to revert to your own self with no shame.

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Re:Choose your status game wisely by tomgp on Saturday April 02, 2022 @09:05AM (#30887939)

yeah, you assert your status by being able to ignore cultural/office norms.

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Re:Choose your status game wisely by Daishiman on Saturday April 02, 2022 @08:33PM (#30893018)

That generally will make you look like an asshole and can be a substantial career stopper.

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