As someone who is well liked but often feel I'm not good enough:
Maybe I should bookmark this thread? This and the other examples in this thread is so crazy it should make me feel super productive any day ;-)
Maybe I should bookmark this thread? This and the other examples in this thread is so crazy it should make me feel super productive any day ;-)
They seem to exist through some kind of combination of manifesting some kind of acute highly-sensitive HR problems (health, special class, etc.), bouncing around from unsuspecting job to job to keep the paychecks coming in, and simply being walking Dunning–Kruger manifestations. Eventually they accumulate enough time in enough jobs that it gets easier and easier to get new jobs due to being experienced and some of them will end up in senior positions where they no longer have to code (or perform in the core of their technical area).
They can come in from all sorts of places, often have stunning educational credentials and backgrounds, often have great looking resumes.