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Originally Posted by NEfan508
@DETRoadster
I'm afraid of all the 5th place trophy winners becoming adults
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I see them all the time as new employees at my company. Takes a couple years to program out all the "You did only what was asked so you deserve a gold medal, a promotion, a raise, and a voice in the company" crap their parents programmed into them. Some quit first, but a select few make a good turn around and become self-sufficient adults. It take a massive amount of hand holding and effort though. I've begun crafting interview questions to try to weed out the really "special" ones but it's hard to do. When asked about desired career trajectory I had one young engineer tell me in all honesty his goal was to have my job (VP of Engineering) in "3 to 5 years." I had another one tell me she thought a year over year comp growth of 20% to 25% was in-line with her expectations. Ha! If you start poking around in there you can uncover the ones who have been programmed to believe that they are truly special, even though they came in 5th place in participation.