Assholes: A Probing Examination

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Post by zdw » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 2:09 AM UTC

Assholes: A Probing Examination
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Re: Assholes: A Probing Examination

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Post by sokoloff » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:28 AM UTC

I’m giggling more than I probably should at the well-chosen sub-headers in the article.

Re: Assholes: A Probing Examination

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Post by pnutjam » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:34 AM UTC

You can train people technically, but it's hard to unasshole someone.

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Post by appwiz » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:34 AM UTC

The last paragraph is pure gold!

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Post by appwiz » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:43 AM UTC

Also see "Brilliant Jerks in Engineering[1]" by Brendan Gregg.

  [1] http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2017-11-13/brilliant-jerks.html

Re: Assholes: A Probing Examination

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Post by jimmaswell » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:48 AM UTC

pnutjam wrote: post #3

You can train people technically, but it's hard to unasshole someone.

I dunno, seems easy enough to give a set of rules to follow in the workplace but as someone who's worked as a college tutor, it can be hard to impossible to get some people up to speed technically.

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Post by klenwell » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:48 AM UTC

> Asshole behavior begets additional asshole behavior from others. Non-assholes are hardened into assholes over time to survive, and a spiral of incivility reigns.

I've been infected by this before. Never again. (I prefer to slap up so I ended up getting shown the door.)

Before we go through a hiring round with my team nowadays, I like us to review what I've seen approvingly referred to over on Metafilter as The Baboon Article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/science/no-time-for-bulli...

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Post by keyle » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:51 AM UTC

sokoloff wrote: post #2

I’m giggling more than I probably should at the well-chosen sub-headers in the article.

Also "Picture unrelated" are unrelentingly cunning.

Re: Assholes: A Probing Examination

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Post by keyle » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:56 AM UTC

This writer is brilliant, very tight article. I wish someone would write the news this way, everyday. Life wouldn't be so dark...

Because after all, assholes are popping up in the news constantly.

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Post by gorbachev » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:58 AM UTC

appwiz wrote: post #4

The last paragraph is pure gold!

A+ for creative writing for sure :) Still laughing.