u/evanhackett wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
You realize that if everyone did this, then the people doing it would no longer stand out. The only reason it "works" is because most people are honest. You can get ahead in life by lying, I guess, but thankfully most of us aren't doing that.
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Maybe professional atheletes using steroids is a good analogy. Like Codesmith has a really high bar to the average resident is quite strong already, and the lying is like doing steroids for that extra boost. Not everyone does it, but even some of the best do... and just like professional athletes, they do it because "everyone else is" and lose track of why we're all SWEs to begin with.