Stupid Baby Boomers

[ouronis]

No, I try to surround myself with the highest quality people I can find. It's hard enough to get through the day without any help, so the better the help I can get, the better the output.

Two things.

One, many people believe that if they hire someone smarter than they are, that person will take over. Personality theory disproves that, but a lot of people believe it. That's why A people hire A people and B people hire C people.

Two, not everyone wants to be king. Some people just want to get something accomplished.

I'm actually surrounded by people from all quadras, but Gamma is over-represented. It's a natural thing to want to spend more time with people you like and understand, but it's not the best strategy in the long run. People from other quadras can cover bases that you didn't even realize were there. But most of the people I spend time with tend to be smart. It's just better for getting things done.

Even the SEE that I'm saying "Hi" to at lunch is smart, even though she thinks that Astrology works by gravity and Asparagus makes your pee smell bad because of chlorophyll. You can see in her eyes that she's smart about things that I don't have a clue about.

What the fuck are the B people supposed to do

[Adam Strange]

What the fuck are the B people supposed to do

The B people should hire A people. But they don’t, because they are B people and feel it is more important to not have potential competition than it is to have the best organization.

[Metamorph]

The B people should hire A people. But they don’t, because they are B people and feel it is more important to not have potential competition than it is to have the best organization.

So A, B, and C just means first, second, and third quality for innate personality? I've never heard of this theory but I assumed it was type A, B, and C like As are anal and Bs are banal and Cs are canal or something. Yeah, equality of rank is good but capitalism depends on middle-managers as far as I can tell which is one of the problems with it.

[Adam Strange]

So A, B, and C just means first, second, and third quality for innate personality? I've never heard of this theory but I assumed it was type A, B, and C like As are anal and Bs are banal and Cs are canal or something. Yeah, equality of rank is good but capitalism depends on middle-managers as far as I can tell which is one of the problems with it.

I was using A, B, and C to refer to different levels of constructive behavior.

In this case, A people would be fairly healthy and would not be afraid to hire people who are more talented than they are because they place the welfare of the group over their own welfare.

B people would never hire anyone who was talented enough to displace them or who might place the welfare of the group over loyalty to their boss.

C people have no plan whatsoever. They are just putting in their time in exchange for some money.

Now for the test: Which one of these describes our present President?

[ouronis]

The B people should hire A people. But they don’t, because they are B people and feel it is more important to not have potential competition than it is to have the best organization.

Who hires the Bs? As who can't tell they're Bs? Ah never mind, this is a stupid joke

[Adam Strange]

Who hires the Bs? As who can't tell they're Bs? Ah never mind, this is a stupid joke

A very good question, @ouronis.

I’d say, people hire B’s when they don’t know what they are doing. Or even which game they are playing.

[ouronis]

A very good question, @ouronis.

I’d say, people hire B’s when they don’t know what they are doing. Or even which game they are playing.

So Cs hire Bs. Actually makes sense from my experience