This should rile up GJ and TSC......

[Sigma_Orionis]

apparently this asshole is pissed off because he can't provide unpaid internships.

I stumbled onto this, which happens to be quite critical of his idea, found it interesting that the only arguments FOR unpaid internships are so you earn "valuable experience" from successful people.

I have no opinion on the subject. I do think Cuban is IMHO an asshole, he seems to think he can walk on water. And seems to be competing with "Hairpiece" Trump on getting media exposure, grounds enough in my book to toss him in the asshole list.

What pisses me off is that these people think they're so special. MAYBE (and I certainly doubt it pretty much) in other countries they are, but here in Bananaland, the "successful people" (Business Owners, C-Level Execs, etc) I've met, if they have any "special talent" that guided them, they sure hide it well, and they're all spoiled brats too. So, as far as I am concerned, Cuban can go cry a river.

[Cyborg Girl]

Yeah, people do work for you thus making you money, you have to pay them for the work they do. Who the fuck would have thunk it.

[Swift]

What pisses me off is that these people think they're so special. MAYBE (and I certainly doubt it pretty much) in other countries they are, but here in Bananaland, the "successful people" (Business Owners, C-Level Execs, etc) I've met, if they have any "special talent" that guided them, they sure hide it well, and they're all spoiled brats too. So, as far as I am concerned, Cuban can go cry a river.

As likely as not, I think people like Trump and Cuban are proof of the bell-shaped curve. Out of the millions of idiots who have tried their hand at real estate, or whatever, just by chance there has to be one or two who get lucky. They are the tail of the curve.

The "proof" of this to me is exactly the fact that they think they are somehow just so special after, when they constantly exhibit behavior that they are not special at all (at least not in a good way).

There actually exist business types who's success does trace to talent, not luck (Elon Musk seems to be one example). Those people don't seem to have the need to keep pointing out how special they are, they just continue to do their thing.

[SciFiFisher]

There is a fine line between giving someone a training/learning experience and exploitation. The healthcare industry is full of unpaid interns who actually meet the legal criteria to be unpaid interns. And they PAY a college for the privilege of said internship.

[Rommie]

Indeed. My experience is the majority of people, including those in the 1%, are actually really nice folks and do not seek the limelight and all that jazz. For many you'd actually have no idea they were so successful at first glance, and the know how lucky they are. But then there are the annoying idiots as well that go with that, unfortunately, but they are the minority.

Edit: Fisher snuck in there, I was continuing on swift's vein of thought.

[Swift]

There is a fine line between giving someone a training/learning experience and exploitation. The healthcare industry is full of unpaid interns who actually meet the legal criteria to be unpaid interns. And they PAY a college for the privilege of said internship.

I haven't kept track of the legality of unpaid internships, but I believe at one time they were legal (or more legal, or more common - I'm also not sure what the current law is on them). But the reason that they are more restricted now is probably because people like Cuban abused them, and treated them like slave labor, as serfs who should feel priviledged to be allowed in the presence of such greatness (you may now kiss my ring).

I also completely expect that the people who are bitching the most about having to pay interns are the ones that can most afford to do so.

[Sigma_Orionis]

There actually exist business types who's success does trace to talent, not luck (Elon Musk seems to be one example). Those people don't seem to have the need to keep pointing out how special they are, they just continue to do their thing.

Indeed. My experience is the majority of people, including those in the 1%, are actually really nice folks and do not seek the limelight and all that jazz. For many you'd actually have no idea they were so successful at first glance, and the know how lucky they are. But then there are the annoying idiots as well that go with that, unfortunately, but they are the minority.

I agree, I've seen Musk in action, thanking NASA for their support after the success of the Dragon Capsule tests and crediting them for the initial design of the PICA-X heat shield. MAYBE, IN PRIVATE he crosses the line between being a hard driver and a spoiled asshole (And I have no reason to believe he does) . But at least he gives credit where credit is due.

[Swift]

I think this article from CNN is relevent

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/23/business/opinion-low-confidence-success/index.html?hpt=hp_c6

Few things are more overrated than confidence.

Many people see it as the key ingredient of success, and assume that boosting confidence is the solution to all their relationship and career problems. Most people would rather swallow a confidence pill than a pill designed to boost their knowledge, empathy, or competence

Yet, there is little evidence for the positive effects of high confidence, and a great deal of evidence for its detrimental effects. Furthermore, although much of Western society regards insecurity as a sort of character disability, there are many psychological advantages to low confidence, and several reasons for embracing our inner insecurities and self-doubts.

[geonuc]

I think this article from CNN is relevent

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/23/business/opinion-low-confidence-success/index.html?hpt=hp_c6

Few things are more overrated than confidence.

Many people see it as the key ingredient of success, and assume that boosting confidence is the solution to all their relationship and career problems. Most people would rather swallow a confidence pill than a pill designed to boost their knowledge, empathy, or competence

Yet, there is little evidence for the positive effects of high confidence, and a great deal of evidence for its detrimental effects. Furthermore, although much of Western society regards insecurity as a sort of character disability, there are many psychological advantages to low confidence, and several reasons for embracing our inner insecurities and self-doubts.

That reminds me of a book I was reading recently on introverts vs extroverts. Same social attachments.

[Sigma_Orionis]

Confidence only works when you have results to back it up with

[SciFi Chick]

I think too many people get the concept of confidence and arrogance mixed up. Myself, and most of my friends, as well as my husband, are all introverts. But most of us are pretty confident. None of us are arrogant, though the husband occasionally pretends to be arrogant just to yank chains.

On another note, Disney used to do (maybe they still do, I don't know), unpaid internships, but they provided room and board during said internships. I think that's a fair trade. What Disney did "wrong" (I call it wrong; opinions may vary), was they let the interns do all the fun work and gave them all fun projects to do, all in an effort to woo them to work for Disney after graduation. It always reminded me of those jokes about hell...

[Sigma_Orionis]

....though the husband occasionally pretends to be arrogant just to yank chains.

Zee? yanking chains? perish the thought! I would have never imagined that.

How about "Arrogance is confidence without the backup?"

[SciFi Chick]

....though the husband occasionally pretends to be arrogant just to yank chains.

Zee? yanking chains? perish the thought! I would have never imagined that.

How about "Arrogance is confidence without the backup?"

Sometimes. But I've met people that come across as arrogant even when they have the backup. I just refer to them as assholes.

[squ1d]

I did a weeks unpaid trial for my first job, but overall my opinion on this is best expressed by the labour movement, "A fair day's work for a fair day's pay'.

[Sigma_Orionis]

COMMUNIST!

[squ1d]

COMMUNIST!

In communism, even in its ideologically pure theoretical form, you get a fair days pay for a completely unfair days work. There is no incentive to work better or harder than your co-workers. So I utterly reject your tongue in cheek accusations

[Sigma_Orionis]

Your explanation is LAME, stop messing with my scheme of things

[squ1d]

[Sigma_Orionis]