This document presents a humorous "bingo" game about identifying different personality types or "characters" that are sometimes found in IT environments. It describes 10 different characters - such as the Workaholic, Shiny New Object Fetishist, and Bully - and provides examples of their typical characteristics and behaviors. The document concludes by advising the reader to accept things they cannot change, have courage to change things they can, and seek wisdom to know the difference, quoting sources like the Serenity Prayer and Netflix.

1. IT Sociopath Bingo
Andy Marks (@andee_marks)

2. Who am I?

3. Why should you care?

4. “Sociopaths” - Really?!?

5. Definition (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sociopath)
“a person with a psychopathic personality
whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal,
and who lacks a sense of moral
responsibility or social conscience.”

7. Characteristics
LOREM IPSUM
LOREM IPSUM
LOREM IPSUM
LOREM IPSUM
AttACKS
● LOREM IPSUM
● LOREM IPSUM
● LOREM IPSUM
CHARACTER > LOREM IPSUM
Characteristics
Character name
CHARACTERISTICS
ATTACKS

8. Characteristics
Political influence
Organisational power
Patience
Context
● “YEP, WE TRIED THAT…”
● “BUT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED…”
● “SOME OF US WILL REMEMBER…”
AttACKS
CHARACTER > THE SURVIVOR
CLASS > MANAGER, COLLEAGUE
Characteristics

9. Characteristics
EFFICIENCY
TIME MANAGEMENT
PRIORITISATION
ENGINEERING SKILLS
● “HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND … ”
●
AttACKS
CHARACTER > THE WORKAHOLIC
CLASS > COLLEAGUE
Characteristics

10. Characteristics
ATTENTION SPAN
ENGINEERING SKILLS
GITHUB CONTRIB GRAPH
PRAGMATISM
● “Blockchain will fix that… ”
● “ML will fix that…”
● “Microservices + Event Storming + phoenix servers will fix that…”
AttACKS
CHARACTER > THE SHINY NEW OBJECT FETISHIST
CLASS > COLLEAGUE
Characteristics

11. Characteristics
REGRET
OUTDATED IT KNOWLEDGE
RELEVANT IT KNOWLEDGE
FAITHFUL MEMORY
● “Well, if it were up to me… ”
● “WHY DON’T YOU JUST…”
● “Here’s something I threw together over the weekend…”
AttACKS
CHARACTER > THE POST TECHNOLOGIST
CLASS > MANAGER
Characteristics

12. Characteristics
APPETITE FOR OVERTIME
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
CULTURAL ALIGNMENT
ENGINEERING SKILLS
● “HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND … ”
AttACKS
CHARACTER > THE HERO
CLASS > COLLEAGUE
Characteristics

13. Characteristics
ABSTRACT THOUGHT
ENGINEERING SKILLS
EGO
DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITY
● “It’s too complex for me to explain… ”
● “Just trust me…”
● “I’ll need to make that change myself…”
AttACKS
CHARACTER > THE COMPLEXIMATORIALOLOGIST
CLASS > COLLEAGUE, ArCHITEcT
Characteristics

14. Characteristics
LOUD VOICE
ORGANISATIONAL POWER
EMPATHY
CULTURAl ALIGNMENT
● Public belittling
● *%$#!!!
● (Phone call at 7am)... *%$#!!!
AttACKS
CHARACTER > THE BULLY
CLASS > MANAGER
Characteristics

15. What can you do?

16. SHINY NEW OBJECT FETISHIST
BULLY
SURVIVOR
POST TECHNOLOGIST
COMPLEXIMATORIALOLOGIST
HERO

17. Source: Wikipedia
“... grant me the serenity to accept the
things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.”
The Serenity Prayer

19. Source: Netflix
““The actual company values, as opposed to
the nice-sounding values, are shown by who
gets rewarded, promoted, or let go.”
On “cultural alignment”...

20. Thanks!
Andy Marks (@andee_marks)