I keep my statement about Drake. However. It was a good read. This shit is true. I can picture this exact shit happening in my old work team if a dude with some thug tendencies walked in. People would be uncomfortable.
I don't bring much of my personality into my relationships with clients either. It's one thing to expose the human side a bit when starting conversations. It's another thing to fly blindly down the aggressive and self-aggrandizing tunnel of "Keepin It 100 For All My Real Software Ninjas".
To quote the author:
> "In case you’re an ignorant muhfukka and can’t grasp the significance of this or can’t see what’s so bad about it, then pay attention you bastard."
thug: a violent person, especially a criminal.
Do you mean there's a social setting where that's acceptable?
He talks about his thug background to get to this conclusion. His past life interactions didn't "prepare" him to not make office people uncomfortable with him being just him. And of course, this is not his fault, but the people treating him badly. And guess what? This is what stops a lot of black people in tech.