> "Oh, he says he was in charge of WordPress interface design for two years. Using WordPress causes me pain. I expect this product to be painful."
Sadly, this is too common of a fallacy in judgment, and one that seems most non-fallacious on its face. But whether we want to admit it or not, sometimes output and achievements are highly impacted -- even dependent -- on the organization and institution than the individual. So someone highly successful at Apple retail, for example, may flounder at JCPenney's (http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/a-dose-of-realism-for...).
So it goes both ways. It's wrong to argue that someone who was great at once place will necessarily be great at another. And conversely, someone who's work turned out awful at one place (either by poor management or design-by-committee), may flourish in different circumstances
Sadly, this is too common of a fallacy in judgment, and one that seems most non-fallacious on its face. But whether we want to admit it or not, sometimes output and achievements are highly impacted -- even dependent -- on the organization and institution than the individual. So someone highly successful at Apple retail, for example, may flounder at JCPenney's (http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/a-dose-of-realism-for...).
So it goes both ways. It's wrong to argue that someone who was great at once place will necessarily be great at another. And conversely, someone who's work turned out awful at one place (either by poor management or design-by-committee), may flourish in different circumstances