Do not take this personal

During this Christmas time I had an reflection about being nice vs being honest (aka being an a**hole).

Some people don’t care, and just say what they think. Sometimes, they even exaggerate to be more convincing, or to show their level of confidence. An example may be this Linus Tornvalds’ response to his fellow developer. Of course people shouldn’t do that. They should consider other peoples’ feelings, their point of view and think twice before saying something (BTW: check Dale Carnegie’s book). But as we know — the World isn’t perfect.

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