I don’t think it’s the same. The author frames it as a social pressure. It actually reads as a personal anxiety that they project on the world in my opinion. They started feeling competitive about books as an 8 year old? I’m not shocked they assume anyone asking them what they’re reading is some test. I can’t imagine walking through the world like this.
Of course there is some of this in software related fields, but for a lot of us the bigger risk is a demonstrable professional one. If you haven’t learned anything new in tech in the last 10 years you could be out of a job. There is a whole ocean of jobs for which you would not qualify.
> well if you don't know whats going on of course you will not know that two things are related?!
This made me laugh so hard. You're completely right, it's like someone setting up a joke by saying "THIS IS HILARIOUS YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT" why don't you just get on with it then
Yes. A lot of people here forget how many lower level jobs there are out there. I'd recommend focusing on JavaScript and front end engineering if you like that, or some back end language and framework like ruby and rails. You can learn enough in about a year to get a job.
> Chen said air pollution was most likely to be the cause of the loss of intelligence, rather than simply being a correlation.
Why? You can't just say that and expect people to trust you. The fact that they followed the same people may reduce the chances of certain DNA traits having an effect but how does that rule out other commonalities in environmental conditions. If you're in a polluted city it seems likely that you're in a large city. So do all the common traits of a large city also reduce your intelligence?
I want to read the study but I don't want to subscribe. If there is logical proof in the study that this is not simply a correlation, the guardian piece does not represent it.
You're implying that being selfish is inherently bad. Of course it's selfish. You're doing something for you. It's only a problem if it unfairly hurts someone else. How is that the case here?
The goal is not to copy something and pass it off as your own work. It's an exercise to learn how to think in this technology in a way that's not just another todo app or whatever. You use what you learn to actually build something that can go in your portfolio.
Here's what I don't understand about this argument - if you're negotiating for a new job, wouldn't the implication be that your current employer is not aware of it? And that any contact for this kind of information by your potential new employer would be an obvious breach of that secrecy?
Do you all quit your jobs before you find new ones? What am I missing here?
Trite doesn't mean inherently bad, it's just beaten to death on a very shallow level. If you were to list the most overused themes that hot takey bloggers use to build theses around, this is one of them. And it’s a shame because I’m sure there is a lot of new, interesting, and legitimate research being done on the subject. Unfortunately that research isn’t involved in a lot of these kinds of articles, for example this one.
This is a weak argument and frankly the introvert extrovert juxtaposition is trite at this point. The article sounds like frustrated happy hour conjecture by somebody who has never actually worked in sales. Cherry picks a lot in order to make its case. Yes selling takes a lot more than a smile and persistence. But why can't extroverts be good at research and listening? What if you're driven and enjoy a good balance of quiet time and social time? It’s rare that anyone is this binary and thinking that way is ignorant and kind of rude. You’re essentially saying “extroverts are dumb they don’t know as much as they should”. Come on. And also there will always be some form of cold calling in sales. The point is not literally the call, its finding a way to introduce yourself to a complete stranger and create a relationship. Whether thats through email, the phone, or walking up to someone at a conference, there will always be some version of this. If you’re relying on landing pages and conversion optimization to sell at all scales of software, someone else is going to beat you by knowing a guy who knows the CTO, or being the nephew of a VP, or having the guts to walk up to someone at an event.
Theres obviously a lot to learn from archetypal human behavior, but when it’s presented like this it just falls flat.
This is mainly a problem during rush hour, when traffic is always a problem everywhere. It might be exacerbated in that area but so much so that an average resident feels like they should be complaining about it? If your commute is from TriBeCa to FiDi (adjacent neighborhoods) and you're upset about losing 10 minutes to 'tourists' (even though, more often than not, people holding me up are clearly people who live here who don't know what common courtesy is) then talk to my coworker who lives on Staten Island and has to traverse water and take four forms of transportation to get to work, or my old boss who comes down from the tippy top of Washington Heights through some of the biggest tourist traps in the city and has to deal with more stops than you can count on your fingers.
I live in the Lower East Side and we like to go to the Financial District every now and then because NO ONE IS THERE. Go there for dinner or drinks on a Friday night or go walk around and make your way toward Battery Park on a nice Saturday afternoon. It's almost creepy, like a ghost town.
> It means never getting that babysitter on a Saturday night, or abandoning hope of ever getting tickets for Shakespeare in the Park.
Ok then don't have kids? Move to Jersey? Well-to-do people are displacing less fortunate people all over the city, talking down to them about not being able to afford to rent or buy groceries, and then they're complaining about problems like this?
I also used to ride CitiBike and yes there are people but there are also people if you drive a car, there are bikes and cars if you walk. This is a commute not a Sunday stroll or trail ride. You're participating in traffic, it can be dangerous and you need to pay attention which is true everywhere in the world.
Obviously there are crowding problems in New York City, I take the train like four stops to work and I absolutely hate the traffic as much as anyone, but the anecdotes in this article are pathetic relative to some of the other living issues people are facing here.
Of course there is some of this in software related fields, but for a lot of us the bigger risk is a demonstrable professional one. If you haven’t learned anything new in tech in the last 10 years you could be out of a job. There is a whole ocean of jobs for which you would not qualify.