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The Psychology of Incompetence - Ron Burk

The Psychology of Incompetence - Ron Burk - Ignite Seattle 6 - 2009-04-29  
 
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truestyleoutlaw (3 months ago) Show Hide
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92 percent of people are incompetent
Kruglord (3 days ago) Show Hide
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72.3% of statistics are made up on the spot.
truestyleoutlaw (2 days ago) Show Hide
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how many people do you know that are just smart enough to know they're dumb?
if someone doesn't think they are dumb how would they take steps to become smart?
PhilWithCoffee (3 months ago) Show Hide
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A better way to term some of these people are as educated idiots. They went through the education but don't know their butts from their elbows.
Vendreda (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Couldn't help but think of Dilbert when watching this lol
spleenblender (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Oh wow, that last sentence really boosted my mood! I'm always afraid I'm in the retard department of my company and that I'm going to meet some coders with skills leagues above my own, proving my relative incompetence. So I suppose my worry is my motivation and inoculation. But that just causes more stress... which is brain damage... which makes me less... competent.

Mommy.
tyrosinekinase (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Surprisingly, programming talent tends to cluster by company, rather than have a bell curve distribution within a company. So, you're probably really not in the "retard department" of your company. However, you might (or might not!) be in a company that has low competence compared to others, leading you to think you're doing just fine until you interview elsewhere one day.
spleenblender (6 months ago) Show Hide
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lol... it was just a setup for a joke. But okay.
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NecrosisOfLight (7 months ago) Show Hide
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It's more to recognize that one mind cannot possibly know a world full of coding tricks and secerts, and hence, your code could always be better, but hey, that's good too.

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