One of the details I remember from middle school is that the “ball hog” invariably looks down on the team player. I think perhaps one of the big lessons from junior sports is that this person isn’t all that great in the scheme of things.
But a lot of us didn’t pay too much attention to sports so I’m not sure how widely that lesson spreads.
My sport of choice was cycling. And one of the peculiar things about club cycling is that either everyone crosses the finish line or nobody does. I couldn’t tell you for sure if that molded how I approach group dynamics or if the way they handle group dynamics is what drew me in. I think there are enough other moments in my childhood to say it was both.
The absolute worst person to put in charge, in my experience, is the person who writes the most baroque code. The person who has to fix problems because nobody else knows wtf is going on is not a hero and shouldn’t be celebrated. They’re a ball hog. And hogging just leads to more hogging.
But a lot of us didn’t pay too much attention to sports so I’m not sure how widely that lesson spreads.
My sport of choice was cycling. And one of the peculiar things about club cycling is that either everyone crosses the finish line or nobody does. I couldn’t tell you for sure if that molded how I approach group dynamics or if the way they handle group dynamics is what drew me in. I think there are enough other moments in my childhood to say it was both.
The absolute worst person to put in charge, in my experience, is the person who writes the most baroque code. The person who has to fix problems because nobody else knows wtf is going on is not a hero and shouldn’t be celebrated. They’re a ball hog. And hogging just leads to more hogging.