Reply to: Are techie types generally thick, indecisive and opinionated?

[aussielong]

You would think, but techies seem to be able to have a mega strong opinion on everything, but unable to apply that to their own lives when it comes to making a decision.

"Your German car is tulipe, Jap cars are brill, 4WD is pointless, turbos are better than superchargers!"

Now, what car shall I buy? I just can't seem to decide..it's so tricky, so many competing pieces of conflicting data..

I think what you are getting at is the difference between IQ and EQ. A typical techie can work through a problem systematically at work. But when
a problem has a component of "how do you feel about ..." they fall down because there is no logical answer.

You really rate yourself don't you Dim.

[KentPhilip]

Actually he is the dead spit of a Porn 'magnate'

He does have a resemblance to Ron Jeremy..

[vetran]

sadguru said that?

its a load of rowlocks, why do you doubt it?

[vetran]

Actually he is the dead spit of a Porn 'magnate' I met years ago. He admitted to doing as suggested on the T shirt for money every day, his daughter reportedly slightly less attractive than Darmstadt's painting owner did the same.

[AtW]

"Your German car is tulipe, Jap cars are brill, 4WD is pointless, turbos are better than superchargers!"

sadguru said that?

[proggy]

Just because techies are inherently more logical it does not compute that this is a particularly desirable trait.

Lets look at the facts

Most techies have crap social skills
Most techies are ugly and cannot attract woman
Most techies are replaceable by cheap offshore resources
Most techies have small houses and are poor
Most techies don't lose their virginity until the age of 30 unless they have used Rhyponol and not been caught
Most techies who have used Rhyponol and have gone to prison will become the bitch of some big black yardie guy called Desmond who has never heard of Norman Beaton and so therefore that hilarious comparison is not going to save then from becoming known as Shirley on the prison landing.

That is not true, here is d000gh, bet he is a hit with the ladies!

[eek]

Most techies don't lose their virginity until the age of 30 unless they have used Rhyponol and not been caught

Are you speaking from experience?

[Mich the Tester]

Lets look at the facts

Most techies have crap social skills
Most techies are ugly and cannot attract woman
Most techies are replaceable by cheap offshore resources
Most techies have small houses and are poor
Most techies don't lose their virginity until the age of 30 unless they have used Rhyponol and not been caught
Most techies who have used Rhyponol and have gone to prison will become the bitch of some big black yardie guy called Desmond who has never heard of Norman Beaton and so therefore that hilarious comparison is not going to save then from becoming known as Shirley on the prison landing.

You're the expert.

[MarillionFan]

I think that's because sometimes they can't reconcile the fact that the car (or whatever) that they actually want doesn't make sense. The logical nature of techies means that it should be easy to compare all the details and pick the best one but that isn't how we choose things. We pick the one we like best, even if it is statistically poorer in some way. I can deal with that, but not everyone can.

Just because techies are inherently more logical it does not compute that this is a particularly desirable trait.

Lets look at the facts

Most techies have crap social skills
Most techies are ugly and cannot attract woman
Most techies are replaceable by cheap offshore resources
Most techies have small houses and are poor
Most techies don't lose their virginity until the age of 30 unless they have used Rhyponol and not been caught
Most techies who have used Rhyponol and have gone to prison will become the bitch of some big black yardie guy called Desmond who has never heard of Norman Beaton and so therefore that hilarious comparison is not going to save then from becoming known as Shirley on the prison landing.

[Bunk]

You would think, but techies seem to be able to have a mega strong opinion on everything, but unable to apply that to their own lives when it comes to making a decision.

"Your German car is tulipe, Jap cars are brill, 4WD is pointless, turbos are better than superchargers!"

Now, what car shall I buy? I just can't seem to decide..it's so tricky, so many competing pieces of conflicting data..

I think that's because sometimes they can't reconcile the fact that the car (or whatever) that they actually want doesn't make sense. The logical nature of techies means that it should be easy to compare all the details and pick the best one but that isn't how we choose things. We pick the one we like best, even if it is statistically poorer in some way. I can deal with that, but not everyone can.

[DimPrawn]

What about techies who moved into management positions?

The worst kind. Best managers are usually the ones who used to be brickies and the like.

You end up with arseholes if the techies move to management.

Remind me of your story again?

[MarillionFan]

too true

What about techies who moved into management positions?

[NotAllThere]

They can't seem to make any decisions and instead post meaningless "shall I do X?" questions...

Sounds like they're offshored.

[DimPrawn]

Aren't "indecisive" and "opinionated" opposites?

You would think, but techies seem to be able to have a mega strong opinion on everything, but unable to apply that to their own lives when it comes to making a decision.

"Your German car is tulipe, Jap cars are brill, 4WD is pointless, turbos are better than superchargers!"

Now, what car shall I buy? I just can't seem to decide..it's so tricky, so many competing pieces of conflicting data..

[vetran]

I once attended a training course which grouped people into personalities.

All the techies ended up in the category that carefully analysed all of the data and made informed decisions based on it. There was a tendency with complex issues to go into information overload and freeze because there was no clear best solution.

All the Managers ended up in the group that would make a snap decision because something needed to be done. If the system was overly complex they would just pick an opion at random and rely on the techies to make it work.

too true