The first sign that you're not is the fact that you're concerned that you might be.
Give me someone who's a little insecure over a know-it-all any day. It means you're going to ask questions, double check things, ask for opinions, and look for ways to improve.
Another sign is that you're not...
I don't think I'm that sagacious in this one, and the other answers aren't bad. shouldn't the spread be a bit more narrow?
@RichardU Eh. People come in with only so much attention. They read the question, they read the first answer. If the first answer is any good, a lot of them won't bother reading any further.
It is what it is. I try not to let my posts be optimised towards gaining rep, because the incentives skew things enormously.
@Magisch nah, being a hotshot is FAR more of disincentive to hire someone. You come across as someone concerned about his performance. That is a GOOD thing. Someone constantly evaluating their skills and demonstrating a concern for their work is a positive.
@Magisch 1)You don't want an unreasonable manager, because if you work for him, he'll STILL be unreasonable. 2)You have more choice than you think. 3)Excellence speaks for itself. You are demonstrating qualities of a good employee. If a company cannot identify a good employee, they cannot stay in business
I like to think of myself as pseudo-anonymised. A recruiter could find me, but it would take more effort than I expect they put into that kind of thing.
This is also why I have a separate account for questions I wouldn't want traced back to me.
@Kaz I guess I fall into that category as well. With enough effort, someone could find me, but it is much easier to just ask me my identity along with a sufficiently convincing need-to-know. ;)
I will hit the repcap on "Day 2" of the HNQ, without hitting it on "Day 1". Never happened to me before. Feels odd.
Haskell is coming slowly because I'm rather stubborn about doing it my own way. I was trying to make it work in emacs orgmode, which I then decided I needed to run on the bleeding edge (so I can possibly fix it and get my fix into the upstream) and now my emacs, which I have been building daily, is no longer building and I'm a little frustrated but that's ok, I'll still succeed and learn a lot as I go.
I wondered if tech guys would be recruited to the business side.
I put the same effort into learning finance when I was a financial advisor - but it was much easier, all you had to do was learn the instruments, and ask your firm to allow you to trade them.
I did pretty well with limit orders, covered options trading, trading in CD's and other instruments, but I couldn't get enough accounts.
I was in the wrong market. Maybe could have made it in a metropolis.
But small town with old money - everyone already had their financial advisors lined up.
I just got myself out of running the Python meetups on Sundays. I ran it every Sunday for a year. Then I was backstopping others, running it probably half the time. Now I'm totally off the hook.
Being weak-minded about these things, I use site rep as a heuristic. Plus I've generally paid more attention to Lilienthal's material and remember thinking it particularly wise or insightful.
Well, there's no question that she has an understanding of what's expected and a good feel of the community. I've disagreed with some of the tone she's used but that's ok because she owns it and defends it. That earns my respect.
I'm running myself so it's not really an endorsement, per se, but anyone who would object to her being moderator would only do it on the barest of reasons, the tone which I mentioned before. I'd vote for her in a heartbeat if I weren't running.
Hmm, while I appreciate the camaraderie on display, I think there are valid concerns to be raised. on the other hand, I'm not sure that there are better candidates than the one's running. :)
@DoritoStyle I don't see it as camaraderie, at least on my end. I'm being honest. She's qualified and would be good. Many of us what JoeStrazzere to do it but he doesn't want to.
I don't always agree with her either but if I did, I wouldn't be running myself now would I?
Oh, the qualification is pretty unquestionable, but I don't think tone would be the only reason to withhold a vote from any candidate in the running for that matter.
It sounds like I'm attacking yall right now, but that's not my intent at all!
I'm excited to get more mods and I think we have a great selection in front of us!
The first sign that you're not is the fact that you're concerned that you might be.
Give me someone who's a little insecure over a know-it-all any day. It means you're going to ask questions, double check things, ask for opinions, and look for ways to improve.
Another sign is that you're not...
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