Donal McMullan wrote: > David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >> If you build a community that's based primarily on valuing people >> skills, you'll get a very different one than if you built it based >> primarily on technical skills. > > If you give people license to be disrespectful to their peers on the > basis of their self-perceived talent, then you're in for a rocky ride.[1] :) > > Talent and people skills are orthogonal. I don't believe that even the > Mozart of software earns the right to be a jerk to people.
Orthogonal. That's the word I was looking for. :) >> Respect is something >> you have to *earn*, it's not given for the asking. > > Or - offer respect equally to everyone and allow them the option to > erode it or grow it. Some people - mischaracterized as outcasts - just > need that much of a chance. > > The internet is less and less its own space, where participants are > emboldened by their invisibility and anonymity to be confrontational and > aggressive in a way they wouldn't dare to be in person. Shouldn't the > tone of the conversation reflect the reality that in 2007 there's no > longer a line to be drawn between our online and offline identities? I agree. > I know Christopher's comment about "Stepford Wives" wasn't intended as a > swipe at women. But it made me think... if we're serious about > encouraging women to share their skills with this community, maybe it's > time for some fresh thinking on communication? Absolutely. Knowing full well that this is a difficult issue and even people with the very best of intentions mess up from time to time (myself included quite often, actually). > Donal > > [1] See Kruger and Dunning's "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How > Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated > Self-Assessments". Jim -- Jim Grisanzio http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
