The genius part might be a myth, but the loner nerd is sure as hell to anyone who has worked with enough tech people.
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Seems like you guys are idealizing engineering. There was some point to the ex-googler post, even though he exagerated it.
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The idea that an engineer gets a specification document and then go into a introvert mathtrip while furiously producing artifacts.
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That approach might work for research, but not for production. Modern engineering isn't a bunch of galileos creating airplanes.
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Replying to @ataraxarata @OlivierLambert
I don't think anyone is making this claim about engineering tho.
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I'm trying to connect the "ableism" with the position in the company argument.
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Ableism now? Where does that come in to what you said before? Can you state very clearly where you think we differ?
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Threshold of "social skills" : on one side, introverts need to deal with it. On the other, engineers aren't supposed to be HR geniuses.
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(Maybe this lacks contexts, here is the ex-googler exagerated position): https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/so-about-this-googlers-manifesto-1e3773ed1788 …
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Google memo wasn't the context tho. That piece has already been well criticised. I don't want to discuss that anymore. Sick of it.
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