I’ve been both on different uni projects. Far better being the smart one in a group of idiots and just banging out the work without interference for a good grade. Being the idiot on the smart team was torture.
So long as the intelligent people are also kind. A group of intelligent people that are backbiting and cruel is the absolute worst.
Idiot in a team of smart people, so I can learn from them.
If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.
If you’re the dumbest person in the room, are you in the right room?
Why is it wrong to be the smartest person?
Because I know how much of a dumbass I am. If I’m the smartest, the room is full of complete fucking idiots.
I would be rather smart than being an idiot.
Because you’ll be unable to learn anything. You’ll eventually get dumber.
I don’t think so. A smart person can still learn while being the smartest in the room. People don’t get dumber, just because they are the smartest of all in the room. In fact you might be able to help others, or be the only one who can solve the problem. Then you are the right person in the room.
On the other hand, being dumb or an idiot does not mean you will learn… most likely you will not (that’s why its called an idiot). Smart people can be an asshole or you cannot keep up with them and just be a burden.
Teaching others is one of the best ways to learn. There are levels of hell though. E.g. try teaching MAGA anything about the scientific method.
“idiot” and “intelligent” are not mutually exclusive. One can be both at the same time. There are intelligent people doing idiotic stuff.
Um, yes.
I’m going to have to choose to be the intelligent person. You might think the idiot has it easy…they may even not know they are an idiot. But they could be so stupid they also think all the intelligent people are idiots, so they might get all the frustration of thinking they are the intelligent person on a team of idiots while actually being the opposite.
Idiot on a team of intelligent people. Hopefully, they’ll put up with me long enough to point where I learn enough to stop being an idiot.
Congratulations on your new position in management.
I’d argue that management is simply a different skill. And the reason so many managers are bad is because they were promoted from roles that didn’t previously require management experience.
Let’s say you hire someone to bolt things together on an assembly line, and then three years later they’re managing projects (without ever having gone to school in those interim years to learn any management skills). Yeah, they’ll probably be a fucking awful project manager. Unless they’re naturally gifted at management and really good at thinking on their feet, they’ll be flying by the seat of their pants. They’ll be using a ton of maladaptive tactics that were developed for surviving, not thriving. Because their original skill set and experience wasn’t based in project management, and they haven’t done anything to further their managerial skills.
It’s the old “if you judge a fish by its ability to fly” quote, except that fish keep getting hired because they’re good swimmers, and then they get promoted into positions where they’re expected to fly.
I fucking wish.
Idiot on a team of intelligent people. I get pissed off at people being stupid. My team might get pissed off at me but that’s their problem. And generally I like being around people smarter than me because I learn a lot from them.
It’s amazing how many choose to be an idiot.
Ignorance truly is bliss in a lot of situations
And I might learn some new things. Being the least intelligent person in a group doesn’t mean being stupid.
Ignorance is bliss. Besides, it’s usually the idiots who get promoted.
To be the inteligent person in a team of idiots is certainly one of the worst things that could happen to you.
That depends, if one of the idiots is in charge, it’s torture. However, if you don’t have to answer to any of them, you can set them up with busy work to feel important and do all the actual work yourself. Then it’s only bad if you don’t like the work.
Idiot on the team of intelligent people. I’d rather just be responsible for educating myself and not everybody else.
There is nothing worse than working for an idiot.
If the smart people are nice, I’d be ok being the idiot. Still might feel a little bad over not being able to help. Maybe I’ll be the cheerleader. “Go team! Hell yeah! Crunch those numbers!”
I’ll bring snacks?
Depends what the team is doing. If it’s a marathon running team for charity, or a team of people picking up garbage on a beach, it probably doesn’t matter much.
