Friday, March 30, 2012

The nerdy nice guy conundrum

Here are some good reasons not to be a nerdy nice guy.

Nerdy guys usually have this wide network of contacts in the nerd world and hence by 'n' degree ( n > 1) into the business world and the likes. Nerds like to keep themselves informed and up-to-date on things like gadgets, software, services and job-openings. It takes them ten-minutes or lesser on Google+Facebook+Linkedin to get the job done with a couple of emails.

Nice guys are guys who help. Who don't think twice when even a vague friend asks for help. Sometimes they will go out of their way and put in more effort than necessary to help. They most often ask for very little in return.

Both of them usually have terrible social skills. The nerds for sure and the nice guy because he doesn't know how to say no and be selfish. And, that is exactly when the screw-up happens.

Every woman-friend of the nice nerd takes undue advantage of him. In more ways than one - money, contacts, assignment and what not. Then the only thing he asks in return is "Please find me a girl. A nice simple girl." It's quite hard to believe that there are either no nice simple girls, or all of them are married, or have boyfriends and etc etc. Even over a fricking half-a-decade time window they can't find one. If they do introduce you to a girl, invariably it will be some total messed up situation - in the middle of a break-up or can't decide which boy to pick. And then, they will say "You have to fight for it."

Hence, simple economics and logic and common sense have led me to the answer. The next time someone asks about a job-opening - "Nope, no more jobs in India", a new phone suggestion - "They don't sell to people who can't use vowels", a glass of water - "Sorry, everything just evaporated. You have to fight and cool the world down for condensation to happen."

Like Spyder Jerusalem said - "Being a bastard works."

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