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0 pointsGnurou2y ago0 comments

That's because the abject nerds are busy creating value for the company while the "cool people" plan their holiday during work time.

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oh_sigh2y ago

Nope, not even close to true in my experience. Almost all of the high performers I know have a huge social network they can tap into and you can't finger them as SWEs from a mile away.

GnurouOP2y ago

Do these high performers also cast their colleagues with tasteful adjectives such as "abject"? Must be a bunch of very interesting people indeed.

oh_sigh2y ago

Maybe, I don't know. I never asked them. It does feel like I struck a nerve with you, so I apologize.

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0 pointsGnurou2y ago0 comments

That's because the abject nerds are busy creating value for the company while the "cool people" plan their holiday during work time.

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oh_sigh2y ago

Nope, not even close to true in my experience. Almost all of the high performers I know have a huge social network they can tap into and you can't finger them as SWEs from a mile away.

GnurouOP2y ago

Do these high performers also cast their colleagues with tasteful adjectives such as "abject"? Must be a bunch of very interesting people indeed.

oh_sigh2y ago

Maybe, I don't know. I never asked them. It does feel like I struck a nerve with you, so I apologize.

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