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by caseyw 1118 days ago
As an American and working with a lot of really smart people over my career in IT, I don’t see this happening. I find most people I’ve come across suffer from imposter syndrome.

Those I know outside IT work, get paid and spend time with family. I don’t really see any superiority.

That’s just my perspective on a small part of the world. Have a great weekend all!
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throwaway894345 1118 days ago
I wonder if this study is accidentally measuring people’s perception of their potential. I struggle a fair amount with public speaking; it’s a phobia for me, but I also know that I am capable of overcoming it if I prioritize it. So maybe I would seem to think I’m better than I am if the methodology accidentally conflates my belief about my potential with my belief about my current state?
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giantg2 1118 days ago
Maybe not even with their own potential but others'. For example, nearly everyone feels that their kids are special high performers in the US, or at least hope they are. We can't all be above average. I've heard that the Japanese have a different way of viewing it - that they hope for average since that's logically what they will get, but still push for fulfilling one's full potential.
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throwaway33381 1118 days ago
This happens due to the fact that working in IT what you see instead is that individuals they deem inferior are not hired. Racism is a very big think in both Asian and American Culture. In systems such as the University of Texas we see outcomes for Hispanics that receive degrees in technology. They just don't get jobs. The results of it are easily translated over for other ethnicities with the notable exception of African Americans which Texas surprisingly has very few African Americans and even less with a bachelors degree or higher.

It tells us a lot firstly that there is a limit to the amount of minorities that are hired every year and that it's artificially set by a group of people systemically due to varying biases, often a sense of superiority. I could list the two groups that actively participate in this but doing so is pointless.

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