[sethaurus]

Could you elaborate on this? Are you saying that being unconcerned about how one appears to others is a sociopathic trait? Which aspect of the GP would make someone a "loser"?

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

I believe parent is referencing this specifically: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

[fumar]

I reread this whenever someone posts it and every time I feel a little pang inside. It is almost too spot-on inside a large and established technology organization.

[x87678r]

Too long to read the whole thing, but the first section is one of the most amazingly accurate insights I've seen in a long time.

[UnFleshedOne]

Those are technical terms of Gervais Principle school of office classifications.