The Psychology of Incompetence – Ron Burk

January 272010

The Psychology of Incompetence – Ron Burk – Ignite Seattle 6 – 2009-04-29

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25 Responses

  1. unutilized Says:

    this guy makes me …
    this guy makes me rage

  2. Lolagoestohollywood Says:

    Only smart people …
    Only smart people can realize they aren’t perfect.

  3. truestyleoutlaw Says:

    how many people do …
    how many people do you know that are just smart enough to know they’re dumb?
    if someone doesn’t think they are dumb how would they take steps to become smart?

  4. Kruglord Says:

    72.3% of statistics …
    72.3% of statistics are made up on the spot.

  5. truestyleoutlaw Says:

    92 percent of …
    92 percent of people are incompetent

  6. PhilWithCoffee Says:

    A better way to …
    A better way to term some of these people are as educated idiots. They went through the education but don’t know their butts from their elbows.

  7. Vendreda Says:

    Couldn’t help but …
    Couldn’t help but think of Dilbert when watching this lol

  8. spleenblender Says:

    lol… it was just …
    lol… it was just a setup for a joke. But okay.

  9. tyrosinekinase Says:

    Surprisingly, …
    Surprisingly, programming talent tends to cluster by company, rather than have a bell curve distribution within a company. So, you’re probably really not in the “retard department” of your company. However, you might (or might not!) be in a company that has low competence compared to others, leading you to think you’re doing just fine until you interview elsewhere one day.

  10. spleenblender Says:

    Oh wow, that last …
    Oh wow, that last sentence really boosted my mood! I’m always afraid I’m in the retard department of my company and that I’m going to meet some coders with skills leagues above my own, proving my relative incompetence. So I suppose my worry is my motivation and inoculation. But that just causes more stress… which is brain damage… which makes me less… competent.

    Mommy.

  11. frankadelle Says:

    most of you think …
    most of you think you guys are the smartest peopel , unfortunately all men are created equal so you may be smart with computers and lack complete intuition . this guys is stating nothing other that is already well known and steryotyped in this society , are you all fascinated by a balding man trying his best to exploit the faults in the hirings that companies make , i think the only reason they work is to to buy viagra so they can jerk off to of girl with big tits

  12. NecrosisOfLight Says:

    It’s more to …
    It’s more to recognize that one mind cannot possibly know a world full of coding tricks and secerts, and hence, your code could always be better, but hey, that’s good too.

  13. PerfectlyNormalBeast Says:

    Good point. No …
    Good point. No matter how good your code is, it’s crap to the next guy if you don’t use proper variable names, and COMMENT.

  14. EchoInfinity Says:

    This explains why …
    This explains why most high authority figures are idiots?

  15. corex123456789 Says:

    PLEASE DONT READ …
    PLEASE DONT READ THIS!In 1971 a guy named Kyle an his girlfriend Emily were in side a house that was said to claim peoples lives if they entered the house.The next morning a guy named Alex saw fingernail marks on the door.if you dont post this to 5 videos, youll be getting a visit from Kyle and Emily tonight!WARNING:this has been proved to be real,i value my life!whoever reads this may God be with you! I TRULY DO APOLOGIZE!!! PS i got this from another vid ( i am not taking my chances

  16. psycho2 Says:

    Turned it around …
    Turned it around right at the end, way not to be inspiring, what is the solution to this problem now… To be funny, thats how he ended it with…

  17. fantaverde Says:

    that’s interesting
    that’s interesting

  18. themanyone Says:

    you need zotero
    you need zotero

  19. thejixor Says:

    This is what I have …
    This is what I have been saying for years, but really the sad truth is that this is the reality in every profession.

    However I believe its worse; In many areas people’s incompetence, or more their false confidence, allows them to excell over more skilled professionals. This is especially true of managerial positions.

  20. newscat01 Says:

    Do new hires have …
    Do new hires have big boobs,
    or is it simply that the biggest boob
    reaches management?

  21. lolkatya Says:

    I enjoy tackling …
    I enjoy tackling new (to me) problems, but I hate writing papers documenting my solution/implementation etc.

    I realize that papers properly documenting a solution to a problem help prevent code going out of control, but its so BORING!

  22. Chick6517 Says:

    Wow this youtube …
    Wow this youtube video is really good. I give this video all stars! haha That’s really interesting. This made me feel better. haha

  23. liljohnnotbigjohn Says:

    Well… he …
    Well… he certainly made a lot of assertions and was entertaining enough I suppose. Looking at his bibliography might be more telling though ;p

  24. iGamer122 Says:

    Nice, video you …
    Nice, video you should check out my channel

  25. jamesjdm Says:

    I think it should …
    I think it should go w/o saying that most stupid people do not in fact know they are stupid and in fact think they are smart…leading to even bigger and better F-ups on a daily basis!!

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