Comments on: Do you work with an asshole? http://aaronmentele.com/2007/03/24/do-you-work-with-an-asshole/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/03/24/do-you-work-with-an-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-11002 Aaron Mentele Sun, 25 Mar 2007 03:29:35 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/03/24/do-you-work-with-an-asshole/#comment-11002 Hi Ann. You make a good point. Guy's surveys tend to make it easy to recognize the "correct" answer (at least in the handful we've built for him.) It seems like that could sway the results, but he does it intentionally - I suspect he's trying to make the point of each question more apparent. Hi Ann. You make a good point. Guy’s surveys tend to make it easy to recognize the “correct” answer (at least in the handful we’ve built for him.) It seems like that could sway the results, but he does it intentionally – I suspect he’s trying to make the point of each question more apparent.

]]> By: Ann E. Mouse http://aaronmentele.com/2007/03/24/do-you-work-with-an-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-10999 Ann E. Mouse Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:59:48 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/03/24/do-you-work-with-an-asshole/#comment-10999 Thanks for your even-handed response about that part of my comment. It is just something about him and people like Joel [on software] where they yabber on and on but there just doesn't seem to be any there there. But maybe its just that I am not in tune with "marketing professionals". One thought on the asshole survey, in terms of survey taking psychology, what about mixing up the order of the yes/no's - good answer/bad answers so that the order is random - I haven't checked for studies on that exact parameter but it seems like it wouldn't hurt. Thanks for your even-handed response about that part of my comment. It is just something about him and people like Joel [on software] where they yabber on and on but there just doesn’t seem to be any there there. But maybe its just that I am not in tune with “marketing professionals”.

One thought on the asshole survey, in terms of survey taking psychology, what about mixing up the order of the yes/no’s – good answer/bad answers so that the order is random – I haven’t checked for studies on that exact parameter but it seems like it wouldn’t hurt.

]]> By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/03/24/do-you-work-with-an-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-10997 Aaron Mentele Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:23:35 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/03/24/do-you-work-with-an-asshole/#comment-10997 Can't say that Guy and I are best friends forever, but we've worked with him on a few projects. And an asshole is the last thing I'd say he is - I've heard "marketing genius" used before. You're certainly entitled to your opinion though. Can’t say that Guy and I are best friends forever, but we’ve worked with him on a few projects. And an asshole is the last thing I’d say he is – I’ve heard “marketing genius” used before. You’re certainly entitled to your opinion though.

]]> By: Ann E. Mouse http://aaronmentele.com/2007/03/24/do-you-work-with-an-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-10994 Ann E. Mouse Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:04:00 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/03/24/do-you-work-with-an-asshole/#comment-10994 Does "Bob" give credit to Scott Adams for coming up with the "No Asshole Rule" as the prime directive for his OA5 management system? This was the foundation of the OA5 system and was published years ago in the Dilbert Principle. In a relatively few pages, Scott paints a clear picture of why assholes ruin the workplace for everyone. OA5 would require enlightened management who are actually able to disern who is an asshole and who is not which is probably why it hasn't become a commonly used management technique. It is funny that Guy Kawasaki is on the project, since I consider him to be the shining example of a special type of asshole - the "I don't contribute any real work, but always have a ton of things to say, none of which actually contains any substance" asshole. Does “Bob” give credit to Scott Adams for coming up with the “No Asshole Rule” as the prime directive for his OA5 management system?

This was the foundation of the OA5 system and was published years ago in the Dilbert Principle. In a relatively few pages, Scott paints a clear picture of why assholes ruin the workplace for everyone. OA5 would require enlightened management who are actually able to disern who is an asshole and who is not which is probably why it hasn’t become a commonly used management technique.

It is funny that Guy Kawasaki is on the project, since I consider him to be the shining example of a special type of asshole – the “I don’t contribute any real work, but always have a ton of things to say, none of which actually contains any substance” asshole.

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