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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by ambicapter on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:51AM (#33465726)
> they’re the ones that make our days a little bit more painful but also write the fucking insane code that makes most of our workplaces profitable.

People like to think that but in my experience there are far more brilliant nice people than brilliant assholes. This is the mythos antisocial engineers tell themselves to justify their poor social skills.

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by smcl on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:55AM (#33465779)
> People like to think that but in my experience there are far more brilliant nice people than brilliant assholes

Yep 100%, this has been my experience too

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by jesuscript on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:13AM (#33466071)
And it takes some emotional evolution to realize that. I too once upon a time was the former, until I realized that such a person is the most annoying and unremarkable personality ever. I wouldn’t hang out with me 8 years ago, was kind of a grade A douche, and my code wasn’t great. But I made money, so I always thought the ends justified the means.
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