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I amazed that Raganwald would have any trouble scoring work. Or the kind of work he would enjoy (since, in the broad view, its easy to get a job, less easy to get a job you enjoy)
Seriously, what are people thinking? “Oh, he seems smart, but he doesn’t have the .Net chops with BizTalk experience we need.”
I’ve been fortunate the work with many smart people. Most of them were good at what they did, i.e., their “real” job, but some also had a knack for helping others get better at their job, too.
It wasn’t just a matter of straight-up mentoring; these people were able to offer a different point of view, ask the odd question, get people thinking about new things in new ways. It kept things fresh, made the work more fun. It’s one thing to tell people stuff, it’s another to get people to want to know and understand more stuff.
Alan Kay said, “At PARC we had a slogan: ‘Point of view is worth 80 IQ points.’ “
Smart, interesting people like Reg should be hired simply to go wander around a company, strike up conversations, and ease people into a different point of view. It would make the whole company smarter.
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