Are you as argumentative in real life as you are on here?
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 5:52 pm
I voted, no, but pretty close. And really, it depends on where I am at.
I'm a business analyst by trade, which means I get paid to scrutinize every little detail and argue (for or against) the opinions of other people (when dealing with how to go about designing things in software).
So, when I'm at work, I am quite argumentative, as clearly defining requirments saves everyone time and money. And that basically means forcing other people to clarify themselves down to the minutae. Granted, at work, I benefit from budgets, time and workload...so those limits direct me on how much time I am going to spend arguing...there's not really that same limit on a public forum:)
Unfortunately, the majority of time I spend on this board is during work hours, so I am in that analysts mindframe...
In real life, I'm not going to hone in on the details as much. And face-to-face, I usually don't even care to get into as lengthy of discussions with people.
I'm a business analyst by trade, which means I get paid to scrutinize every little detail and argue (for or against) the opinions of other people (when dealing with how to go about designing things in software).
So, when I'm at work, I am quite argumentative, as clearly defining requirments saves everyone time and money. And that basically means forcing other people to clarify themselves down to the minutae. Granted, at work, I benefit from budgets, time and workload...so those limits direct me on how much time I am going to spend arguing...there's not really that same limit on a public forum:)
Unfortunately, the majority of time I spend on this board is during work hours, so I am in that analysts mindframe...
In real life, I'm not going to hone in on the details as much. And face-to-face, I usually don't even care to get into as lengthy of discussions with people.