Comments on: Be conservative in what you generate and liberal in what you accept http://geeketiquette.com/archives/2005/04/13/be-conservative-in-what-you-generate-and-liberal-in-what-you-accept/ Emily Post for the digital generation. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:23:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Marna http://geeketiquette.com/archives/2005/04/13/be-conservative-in-what-you-generate-and-liberal-in-what-you-accept/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Marna Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:45:40 +0000 /?p=15#comment-95 *nods* The thing about that is how context-dependant that is. It's not rude among people who all enjoy it. In fact, nothing is rude among people who all enjoy it. I mean, I just spent a weekend doing that; people do it in university departments as well. Not with QUITE the aggression geek cultures can display, but when you're there to think and problem-solve it's expected that everyone will play hard. The trick is to remember that it's not broadly acceptable, and for many geeks, that's hard. I see the more problematic sort of behaviour, less than I used to I admit, among people whose careers began during the "90+ hours but you get your laundry done" period of the dot-com boom. They went from the total environment of university to work in a total environment; meaning they practically lived at work and their social life was their co-workers. And so really, they had to learn later that multiple modes of behaviour were required. Does that make sense? *nods* The thing about that is how context-dependant that is. It’s not rude among people who all enjoy it. In fact, nothing is rude among people who all enjoy it.

I mean, I just spent a weekend doing that; people do it in university departments as well. Not with QUITE the aggression geek cultures can display, but when you’re there to think and problem-solve it’s expected that everyone will play hard.

The trick is to remember that it’s not broadly acceptable, and for many geeks, that’s hard.

I see the more problematic sort of behaviour, less than I used to I admit, among people whose careers began during the “90+ hours but you get your laundry done” period of the dot-com boom. They went from the total environment of university to work in a total environment; meaning they practically lived at work and their social life was their co-workers. And so really, they had to learn later that multiple modes of behaviour were required.

Does that make sense?

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