7. what is a psychopath?
• Robert Hare PCL-R
• 2 factors, 20 items
• Each item is scored
– 0 does not apply
– 1 applies somewhat
– 2 definitely applies
• SCORE YOURSELF!
– prize is a holiday for 1 near
Crowthorne, UK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist
10. health warning
• DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME THE PUB!
– should only be deployed by professionals
– community forums and innocent advice
– thesis
• anyone who thinks cloud is optional, a game, or is
curious about its destructive effects – is likely a
pyschopath. ways to tell…
12. 1/1 Grandiose sense of self-
worth
Cloud is the answer to My cloud is the answer
everything to everything
I am cloud
0 1 2
13. 1/2 Glibness/Superficial
Charm
Cloud is easy Cloud is obvious
Come on in the Is the person always
water’s lovely doing lightening
talks…
0 1 2
14. 1/3 Pathological Lying
Cloud never goes down Patriot Act doesn’t
matter
Cloud is for everything
(but only have web app Data sovereignty
examples) doesn’t matter
0 1 2
15. 1/4 Cunning and manipulative
I like you, you’re smart, Come and present at…
you “get” cloud, like
me
You’re one of us
0 1 2
16. 1/5 Lack of remorse or guilt
Oh, the cloud I Your business was down?
advised you to use
went down?
How interesting…
0 1 2
35. unbend my iron
• cloud < utility, but what is cloud?
– clouds move across boundaries
– clouds are driven by natural forces
– Cloud is not NIST, not Dope’n’stack, not VMware
– southern electric does not create custom electric for
my home grown iron
– APIs are the plug sockets of this generation
– technology naval gazing is not cloud
– commercial innovation is cloud
36. Final THoughts
• a psychopath is for life,
not just for christmas
• 20% population cause
70% of the pain
• when asking for cloud
advice, beware!
Notas del editor
chargeback, showback, brokeback? – @reillyusa
business leaders like Pointy Haired Boss tend to fit the profile, referring to customers as inanimate and dumb objects to be manipulated whilst maintaining their own self delusion of grandiosity
dogs have poor attention spans when it comes to squirrels, doesn’t make them psychopaths
This book was recommended to me (not sure why), and you can also find Jon presenting at Ted online.
This got me thinking: could the Hare methodology be applied and shine some light on cloud experts?Let’s go through the test and score yourself. At the end, we’ll see how you got on…
Story about Emmi the psychologist who asked someone what emotion they saw in this picture, expecting an answer such as (ask audience) FEAR, but instead the candidate said “I don’t see any emotion, but that’s the face people make just before I kill them”
my 2yr old correctly identified this as a cat drinking juice which to her is perfectly normalshe couldn’t identify the second picture which is (ask audience) a CYCLE PATH
this is part fun part serious, and despite looking incredibly rigorous it really isn’t
First set of ten questions, remember to score yourself and for bonus points think of questions and examples to share later…
developeradmincioCSP
@swardley’s electricity utility presentation is an example of a cloud topic one might want to explore, these are a list of common topicsit is highly likely that the kind of person you would seek counsel from literally has an axe to grind!