[27183]

> I'm sure it's my fault, somehow - but I'm a damn good writer; I just don't know how to communicate with people who won't put forth the effort to engage with detail.

I used to put effort into those people. It was a waste of time. Now I just do everything I can to ignore them, work around them, etc.

Knowledge workers who won't engage with the material are just like ditch diggers who won't touch a shovel. They're dead weight, and organizations that fail to cull them are doing it all wrong.

Sadly, that's most of them these days.

[bsenftner]

Careful, because some of those you overlook are probably favorites of management. For who knows what reason, but it surprises me how many times a seemingly deadweight team member just happens to be the owner's kid or some such nepo-baby.

[27183]

Yeah I've stepped on that face rake a few times. I still think it's a decent heuristic, don't see any reason to change.