Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007)

Scott Adams used to give great career advice and cartooning tips. I think he got bored a few years ago and decided to become a professional troll. I will write some examples after work.

Re: Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007)

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 11:24 PM UTC

saralily wrote: post #3

Scott Adams is one of the last people I would take advice from.

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Re: Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007)

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Post by wging » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 11:31 PM UTC

kelukelugames wrote: post #5

Scott Adams used to give great career advice and cartooning tips. I think he got bored a few years ago and decided to become a professional troll. I will write some examples after work.

I have no idea whether you're calling this article trolling or good advice.

Re: Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007)

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Post by existencebox » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 11:47 PM UTC

wging wrote: post #7

kelukelugames wrote: post #5

Scott Adams used to give great career advice and cartooning tips. I think he got bored a few years ago and decided to become a professional troll. I will write some examples after work.

I have no idea whether you're calling this article trolling or good advice.

This article seems to hold up to my personal anecdata, and that of many of the mentor figures I've had over the years. (I'd also note the 2007 publish date)

However, I've (as with the parent) read some of his writing recently that made me just shake my head and want to stop, and I say this as a die-hard Dilbert fan. His opinions on trump being some sort of personal-image savant at "hacking psychology" (don't recall the actual wording but it was spiritually similar) stand out to me as one I read and felt was somewhat far fetched.

Re: Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007)

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Post by putlake » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 11:59 PM UTC

Scott Adams is very entertaining. He predicted Trump's staying power way back in the summer when everyone (including me) thought his candidacy was just a joke. In fact, he has predicted a landslide for Trump in the general election. He says it's based on his training as a hypnotist, which gives him an insight into the art of persuasion.

Over the years I've learned many things from following Adams' blog. He recommended Cialdini's books on persuasion, which are a must read for all sales people and all entrepreneurs (because we are salespeople, like it or not). His financial advice [1] is rock solid, and his latest book on goal-oriented vs. systems-oriented thinking was also an eye-opener.

TLDR: I like the dude.

[1] https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scott-adams-financial-advice/

Re: Career Advice from Scott Adams (2007)

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Post by ageek123 » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 12:04 AM UTC

wging wrote: post #7

kelukelugames wrote: post #5

Scott Adams used to give great career advice and cartooning tips. I think he got bored a few years ago and decided to become a professional troll. I will write some examples after work.

I have no idea whether you're calling this article trolling or good advice.

He has written a few articles that stray pretty far from modern Political Correctness orthodoxy; I think that's what is being referred to, not this article in particular.