Are you gonna analyse the results that are posted?
I was more curious to see the results than to critique them. This is to some extent a values judgement. It's sometimes difficult to critique or analyze values because they tend to be fundamental things that simply are, rather than things that are for reasons.
That said, your answer:
Bob=Debbie>Adam=Christina
Putting effort into a project is its own reward.
...seems politically correct, but I I'm a bit skeptical that a real human being would genuinely feel that way. But that might simply be my own personal and arbitrary values showing through.
Edit: On the opinions of other people on the project, they seem pretty much equal. No one cares about the projects - they only seem to care because 'girl', whether the project was good or not, so it's not really a factor in the whole thing. So even if you considered outside opinion on the projects to be a factor, it would be completely irrelevant in the scoring of the thing, imo.
I don't understand. By "scoring the thing" do you mean scoring the projects, or scoring as in ranking the "who has it best to worst?"
On the opinions of other people on the project, they seem pretty much equal. No one cares about the projects
Yes, it appears that way.
so it's not really a factor in the whole thing.
This is where I don't follow. Why does people not caring about the projects not factor in to your valuation of the experience for each of the various people involved? Some people are receiving praise, some are not. Some people are putting in effort, some are not. Some people's efforts are not being valued, whereas some people are not putting in effort that isn't being valued.
There are plenty of other criteria which render it possibly a factor.
Let me share my own answers. Maybe that will help.
I have difficulty with this one. I can see it a couple different ways. My initial "gut" impression is that Christina has it best, for a couple reasons: she's receiving praise, and that probably feels good. And she didn't have to go to much effort about a thing she probably didn't care about. Receiving warm fuzzies for very little effort seems like a good deal to me.
It seems to me that Bob and Debbie both have reason to be angry. Both of them put in effort and generated good results, but nobody cares about that. If you do something well and people appreciate it, that usually feels nice. Bob is putting in effort and doing well, but nobody appreciates that. Debbie is also putting in effort and doing well, but nobody appreciate that either.
But, Debbie is at least receiving praise and attention, and that probably feels nicer, even it it's for a silly reason, than to not receive attention for an equally silly reason. So I think Debbie has it better than Bob.
Adam is tough to evaluate. There are lots of ways I can fill in the blanks. It really depends on how much he cares. If he used to be the guy who put in a lot of effort, but after never being appreciated and it never mattering what he did he simply gave up and stopped trying, that's an unpleasant place to be in. If that's the case, he probably has it worst. But if he simply doesn't care about the project, then it's not so bad.I can conceive of Debbie having it worse than Adam, because again...she's putting in effort that isn't being appreciated. Adam isn't.
But on final analysis, I think of the four of them I'd personally most want to be Debbie. She's receiving praise and attention. That's nice. I'd rather be one of the people receiving praise than one of the people not. And she's also doing something and doing it well. That's also nice. I'd rather be one of the people doing something well than one of the people not doing something well. So yes, I'd most want to be Debbie.
But at the same time, attempting to be impartial, I think Debbie probably has it worse than Christina. Christina isn't pouring her heart and soul into something and having people not care about it. Debbie is. I'd still rather be Debbie than Christina, but there's definitely room for uncertainty there.