Every time I see this brought up I'm reminded of The Office. Mostly due to this incredibly in depth analysis: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...
But then I don't get to enjoy the project, because I'm not participating in creating it. I'm the host of the party, or I'm a reveler, but I can't be both.
The handful of former bosses who foster the sorts of things I look for are no longer project managers. I now joke about winning the lottery so I have enough money to do one of my hobbies for a living, or write software for one. What I know about running a software project has come at the expense of knowing how to sell a software project.
It’s one lens through which to analyse office dynamics. It’s like looking through one window into a cluttered room. Through that window you might see aspects of the room that you couldn’t see through other windows. And for that reason it feels insightful. But it’s not the only window, and there is a lot more in the room than what you can see from this perspective.
Basically, if I think something would be funny to me, I do it. Then to see him describe it as "sociopath humor" was a little jarring.