Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

["Ian St. John" <istjohn@spamcop.net>]

Victoria Welch <vikki@oz.net> wrote in message
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> Howard S Shubs wrote:
>
> > I've figured out what gets me about this guy.  Even a slimey sales
person
> > knows better than to blatently state that, so the worst sales
person was
> > better than this guy.  What -this- guy was, was a con man.  Con
men don't
> > give a rat's ass about others, don't see how they destroy the
basic
> > underpinnings of civilization, which is based on trust, and should
be
> > expelled on sight IMO.
>
> I think the correct term for this piece of pathos is "sociopath".
They
> are not as uncommon as most of us would like...

I think they train them in business school. I took some business
courses in my University days. It became pretty obvious that the more
aggressive and 'bottom line' you were, the higher the mark.

Example from Business 101: Choices such as patching up leaking pipes
 explosion/employee hazard) instead of a new package size, or
advertising theme. They said 'no right or wrong answer', but the
correlation between the choices and resulting marks was an amazing
coincidence, don't you think.

Or maybe they just select the sociopaths for the business program with
these 'aptitude tests'...;-)