I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work

[minego@pdx.social]

@clew what?
@zillion @jerry

[wannabemystiker@expressional.social]

@jerry
(As you quietly think inside...)

[nini@oldbytes.space]

@jerry Given my level of confidence, I'd mumble it out once, get asked what I said and then have to explain it by which point I'm like "ugh, forget it".

[clew@ecoevo.social]

Re, competence without confidence better but rarely listened to.

“The best lose all conviction while the worst
Are filled with a passionate intensity.”

@minego @zillion @jerry

[coolcalmcollected@mastodon.social]

@jerry

congratulations!

one I like is "you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-Aq4xZx0s

[jerrej@mastodon.social]

@clew @jerry

Sure, Ok. Did we get such specific information or are you just speculating? I didn't see the context. Maybe you know more about that? Would you like to explain the context that you know about?

[tomoyo@tech.lgbt]

@jerry is this specifically about large language models, or is it the old-fashioned variant? could go either way tbqh

[tomoyo@tech.lgbt]

@jerry (... corporate social media policy asks me to remind people: my views do not represent those of my employer NVIDIA Corporation.)

[aakl@infosec.exchange]

@jerry AKA "climbers."

[petterofcats@mastodon.world]

@jerry legend!

[paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org]

@jerry

Some details might be necessary, but congratulations!

[jab01701mid@mastodon.social]

@jerry One time, to a junior team-mate, I used the phrase "I'm not here to compensate for your lack of time, I'm here to compensate for your lack of experience".

I only partially regretted letting myself say that...because he was annoying me...

[countholdem@mastodon.social]

@jerry Pet the fid...

con:fid:ence com:pet:ence

[pheonix@hachyderm.io]

@jerry what was the response?

[larsmb@mastodon.online]

@jerry I have those opportunities but not the cojones

[sroy@mastodon.social]

@jerry You’re absolutely right!

[rrb@infosec.exchange]

@jerry I have trouble finding an hour during the day when that phrase would not be appropriate.

[rupertreynolds@hachyderm.io]

@jerry Snork!

[sassinake@mastodon.social]

@jerry I used to get opportunities like that all the time.

but the real question is:

did you use it?

[independentpen@mas.to]

@jerry how did it go?