For most of us, the word sociopath has an old-fashioned reference: a popular, charismatic and good-looking white male wearing a suit. You'd find them in prestigious jobs yielding power and money: M&A analysts, corporate lawyers, project managers. If you've ever watched American Psycho, that's the guy.
These positions still attract many sociopaths, but that's not what's hot in the post-2008 world. Instead, the most ingenious, cynic and malicious of them realized this image was actually undermining their careers. So, they pivoted to a more innovative, popular and disruptive image.
Wanna be like them? Here's what you should do:
1) Replace your suits for hoodies and startup t-shirts.
2) Keep 'working smart' as you always did. You can throw work at developers and tell them say they're disrupting the world. Cheap and obedient workers.
3) Go to some 'disruptive' and 'innovative' hackathons. Free labor for your next startup. Perfect right?
4) Read a book called 'Python/JavaScript for dummies'. Although developers will laugh at you, you'll impress dumb investors with words like Array, Data, Repository and, of course, Disruption.
5) Buy whatever you want, even if extremely expensive. It's all about 'making employees feel cozy', 'impressing customers' and 'awesome SoMa experience'.
6) Don't say you chose a frat buddy over a more qualified applicant. It's all about cultural fit.
7) Publicly give yourself a small salary of $80-150k. Don't worry! You can still use corporate credit cards for 'dinner with clients' or 'night out with PM'.
8) If you can't make a penny, don't worry. Again, use the words 'scaling', 'disruption', 'innovation' and your investors will call you a genius. They'll probably give you more money.
9) Work on PR and Marketing 24/7. Inflate your company like crazy. Shareholders of corporations will see you as competition. You will be acquired. You will make millions/billions.
10) So, your employees got screwed in the acquisition? Whatever, you're not an sociopathic asshole anymore. You have Asperger's Syndrome
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For most of us, the word sociopath has an old-fashioned reference: a popular, charismatic and good-looking white male wearing a suit. You'd find them in prestigious jobs yielding power and money: M&A analysts, corporate lawyers, project managers. If you've ever watched American Psycho, that's the guy.
These positions still attract many sociopaths, but that's not what's hot in the post-2008 world. Instead, the most ingenious, cynic and malicious of them realized this image was actually undermining their careers. So, they pivoted to a more innovative, popular and disruptive image.
Wanna be like them? Here's what you should do:
1) Replace your suits for hoodies and startup t-shirts.
2) Keep 'working smart' as you always did. You can throw work at developers and tell them say they're disrupting the world. Cheap and obedient workers.
3) Go to some 'disruptive' and 'innovative' hackathons. Free labor for your next startup. Perfect right?
4) Read a book called 'Python/JavaScript for dummies'. Although developers will laugh at you, you'll impress dumb investors with words like Array, Data, Repository and, of course, Disruption.
5) Buy whatever you want, even if extremely expensive. It's all about 'making employees feel cozy', 'impressing customers' and 'awesome SoMa experience'.
6) Don't say you chose a frat buddy over a more qualified applicant. It's all about cultural fit.
7) Publicly give yourself a small salary of $80-150k. Don't worry! You can still use corporate credit cards for 'dinner with clients' or 'night out with PM'.
8) If you can't make a penny, don't worry. Again, use the words 'scaling', 'disruption', 'innovation' and your investors will call you a genius. They'll probably give you more money.
9) Work on PR and Marketing 24/7. Inflate your company like crazy. Shareholders of corporations will see you as competition. You will be acquired. You will make millions/billions.
10) So, your employees got screwed in the acquisition? Whatever, you're not an sociopathic asshole anymore. You have Asperger's Syndrome
You're a fucking moron.
You are so clever and smart (and a fucking cunt).
Hugs and kisses,
cm
oh shut the fuck up, you fucking palsy.
Sex change surgery?
You realize the the linked article is on MSN and you stated that it's a good article? Are you a troll?
Ha! What's sad is that I do know my password and continue to post (at just 2 comments per day).
You have no idea what you're talking about, do you even realize that?
Oh how droll... you are a clever one, aren't you?
This has to be the most incoherent blathering I've read in quite some time. Congrat!
p.s. no surprise that you were not hired there, the real question is how you made it past the initial interview.
Now stop posting and go back to sleep, you're boring.
you're wrong on both accounts, fuckwit.
"But hey, I've been wrong so many times about so many things, my skepticism may actually mean that it's going to happen. :)"
Then here's an idea, try shutting the fuck up.
Yes, it is a matter of discussion because you're full of shit.
And you're a cunt.
Blackberry.
then shut the fuck up, his comment does not apply.
Fucking neckbeards...
Ooooh! You're such a rebel!
(and a cunt)
"Item Under Review
While this item is available from other marketplace sellers on this page, it is not currently offered by Amazon.com because customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the item, the way we are shipping it, or the way it's described here. (Thanks for the tip!)
We're working to fix the problem as quickly as possible."
What are you, some kind of fucking moron?
Not why this was downvoted, it was relevant and clever. Fight the good fight, biatch.
I don't think you have a big cock, but I do think you are one.
Inside a giant pineapple?
+500 Fucking Hilarious!
"...you can pwn a Mac via Twitter"
You are so cool!
No one gives a fuck what you think.
Holy crap are you a fucking moron.