alt Hacker News> I'm sure it's my fault, somehow - but I'm a damn good writer; I just don't know how to communicate with people who won't put forth the effort to engage with detail.
I used to put effort into those people. It was a waste of time. Now I just do everything I can to ignore them, work around them, etc.
Knowledge workers who won't engage with the material are just like ditch diggers who won't touch a shovel. They're dead weight, and organizations that fail to cull them are doing it all wrong.
Sadly, that's most of them these days.
Careful, because some of those you overlook are probably favorites of management. For who knows what reason, but it surprises me how many times a seemingly deadweight team member just happens to be the owner's kid or some such nepo-baby.