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Re:Jeff Atwood Goes Off The Rails by tnuc on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @01:25AM (#5101800)
If you take the time to read some of Jeff Atwood's older posts, you will notice more than a few of his posts about people are unsympathetic.

He is good at communicating tech issues but crap at describing people issues.

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Re:Jeff Atwood Goes Off The Rails by hilko on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @12:21PM (#5104018)
Yeah. I'm much less angry about this than might be, mostly because of this same impression I get from him.

I find that 'geeks' have a tendency to really not handle issues well when they are difficult to understand. Suicide is like that. Most people hesitate to say anything about it, but 'geeks' can be lacking in that.

And honestly, I like that. He's saying what a lot of people are thinking, and it starts a good discussion.

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Re:Jeff Atwood Goes Off The Rails by temiri on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @01:27AM (#5101808)
This is true of many people that we idolize in tech.
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