On: To be a good software engineer, become a French skeptic

[rramadass]

Well said! But the difficulty lies in convincing people that you are in the latter and not in the former group :-)

[AnimalMuppet → rramadass]

Sure. But having a focus, and pointing out the focus as the reason to say no to things that are outside the focus, might help convince people. (Or they may decide that the focus is a smokescreen, and you're just a negative person...)