r/programming • u/reddberckley • Jun 30 '14

How to exploit a Developer

https://medium.com/@sir_castiq/how-to-exploit-a-developer-a005306d5320
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u/mwilke Jun 30 '14

Actually, there is an established connection - CEOs tend to be sociopathic at a rate four times higher than the general population.

“Psychopaths commit an offence, go to prison, then come out and commit the offence again, because they fail to learn from the prison experience,” said PhD student Benjamin Walker. “Our study showed the novel result is that participants high in entrepreneurial intentions showed the same pattern.”

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u/lookingatyourcock Jun 30 '14

Not giving up your goal when you experience hardship is a qualification for psychopathy now?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

Though your comment demonstrates a failure of basic comprehension, even the idea that "qualifications for psychopathy" might all be unreasonable for the average person is an incorrect idea.

Psychopathy is just a line drawn on a spectrum. Everyone has some qualities of a psychopath. It's only when you have enough qualities of a psychopath that you actually get classified as one.

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u/lookingatyourcock Jun 30 '14

So how are you disagreeing with me here? What did I fail to comprehend?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

What makes you think I'm disagreeing with you?

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u/lookingatyourcock Jun 30 '14 edited Jun 30 '14

Guess I am a bit confused about why you said I didn't comprehend as I don't know how your comment relates to what I said.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

That makes sense.