There's a lot of what you say that I just don't buy.
Plenty of folk reckon/know that I'm an anti-social weirdo/mentalist. So fucking what? Doesn't alter what I'm capable of. Doesn't stop me achieving what I achieve. Simple fact is that what other people think of me doesn't really alter how I go about my day-to-day. Why? Cos I'm happy to let other folk think what they want. Folk jump to conclusions about us all the time, the only way this can really make any difference (based on my 28yrs of worklife experience) is if we play the role they give us. IMHO. Personally I just get on with it all, try and do my best and constantly strive to improve myself and the life I provide for my family. I've had a few lengthy periods of singledome and I reckon they probably did me the world of good. After all, I'm not scared of being single or being thought of as weird.
Fuck 'em!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 21:04, 1 reply)

It takes a good manager to hire someone they think is odd.
There are good managers out there, but not all managers are good.
I've known plenty of people who have been good at their jobs but are considered "weird" and the managers who have written them off.
The opinion of the person hiring you is what gets, or looses, the job -- your ability may outweigh your weirdness but it could easily not.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 21:17, closed)

Which is probably why I choose to work for myself.
;)
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 21:32, closed)

Good plan.

(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 22:55, closed)