thecel
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Never try to egomax though showing people things that took lots of work to create. They won't be impressed by how much time it took to make them.
It's so sad that I've only learned that lesson recently. I would've saved so much time if I didn't waste it on frivolous egomaxxing efforts throughout my life so far.
Here's the lastest example of my misguided egomaxxing attempts (no, I'm not egomaxxing by posting this):
I was working on a CS group project with 4 other people. We were tasked to make Carcassonne, a board game, in Java. I thought it'd be cool to make an island and beach themed concept for the game. I rendered it in 4k and sent it to my teammates:
I expected them to be like,
"YEOOOOO! THAT'S SO FUCKING COOL BRO!"
But that wasn't their reaction. They said the sea and beach stuff looked out of place for the game (Carcassonne has a medieval theme). I mean, yeah, no shit, but the point was it looks cool.
After that, I tried to egomax again by making a cool 3D title for the game:
I thought, since this looks way cooler than the island concept, my team would scream,
"YEOOOOO! THAT'S SO FUCKING COOL BRO!"
But nah, that didn't happen.
I added the 3D title to our presentation. The teacher laughed when he saw it.
The girl on my team said "yea ur work is kinda epic ngl", so I did get a bit of egomaxxing results. Regardless, it wasn't worth the effort because no one shouted "YEOOOOO! THAT'S SO FUCKING COOL BRO!".
Although these 2 renders took lots of effort to produce, people have reacted much more positively to things I did that required very little effort. For instance, when I helped some boys get a fire going at a campsite, one guy called me a "legend." Another example: when I downloaded the "Full Page Screen Capture" Chrome extension on a friend's laptop so he could screenshot a long page of review questions for school, he was like, "bro you just saved us so much time" or something along those lines.
The key takeaway: People aren't impressed by how much work it took for you to do/make stuff. They care about the value you provide them.
The mistake I made with all my shitty egomaxxing attempts is that I brought no value to the table. I know it's cliché, but you really need to be a high-value man if you want others to think highly of you.
It's so sad that I've only learned that lesson recently. I would've saved so much time if I didn't waste it on frivolous egomaxxing efforts throughout my life so far.
Here's the lastest example of my misguided egomaxxing attempts (no, I'm not egomaxxing by posting this):
I was working on a CS group project with 4 other people. We were tasked to make Carcassonne, a board game, in Java. I thought it'd be cool to make an island and beach themed concept for the game. I rendered it in 4k and sent it to my teammates:
I expected them to be like,
"YEOOOOO! THAT'S SO FUCKING COOL BRO!"
But that wasn't their reaction. They said the sea and beach stuff looked out of place for the game (Carcassonne has a medieval theme). I mean, yeah, no shit, but the point was it looks cool.
After that, I tried to egomax again by making a cool 3D title for the game:
I thought, since this looks way cooler than the island concept, my team would scream,
"YEOOOOO! THAT'S SO FUCKING COOL BRO!"
But nah, that didn't happen.
I added the 3D title to our presentation. The teacher laughed when he saw it.
The girl on my team said "yea ur work is kinda epic ngl", so I did get a bit of egomaxxing results. Regardless, it wasn't worth the effort because no one shouted "YEOOOOO! THAT'S SO FUCKING COOL BRO!".
Although these 2 renders took lots of effort to produce, people have reacted much more positively to things I did that required very little effort. For instance, when I helped some boys get a fire going at a campsite, one guy called me a "legend." Another example: when I downloaded the "Full Page Screen Capture" Chrome extension on a friend's laptop so he could screenshot a long page of review questions for school, he was like, "bro you just saved us so much time" or something along those lines.
The key takeaway: People aren't impressed by how much work it took for you to do/make stuff. They care about the value you provide them.
The mistake I made with all my shitty egomaxxing attempts is that I brought no value to the table. I know it's cliché, but you really need to be a high-value man if you want others to think highly of you.
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