There is a difference, for example, between being vindictive towards others, and simply pushing people out of their comfort zone.
The term "asshole" is so vague that it borders on useless.
Let's say you sell some Saas tool. You're an asshole if you try to sell to anyone even if you think it won't help them. You're not an asshole if you truly believe your service will benefit your customers. You're an idiot if you're selling to someone and you can't tell the difference.
I agree that my definition was certainly lacking but I hope this clarifies my intent to separate true assholery with simply being unpleasant to be around.
That’s way too general. If I’m a start up raising money from a VC and I counter with an offer of a lower percentage of equity for an investment, I’m doing something that benefits me at the expense of others.
I would say you’d need to layer on top being deceitful or underhanded in your actions.
The goal is that everyone enters into an arrangement with full knowledge of the terms.
- beeing unfriendly when someone has a bad day
- going out of your way to make someones life harder
- unemphatically beeing to hard to someone in the wrong moment
- participiting in badmouthing or mobbing
- pushing work and tasks that you should do onto others without explicitly talking about it
- beeing snarky to people who know less than you
Etc.
This is all subjective and I'm surprised this article is even on here, it's just someone ranting.
It's very clear what this article is getting at.
It is a random person ranting and completely subjective.
The article doesn't define it that way.