On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 02:50:35PM -0400, jonc wrote: > On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 12:15, Shane O'Donnell wrote: > > <snip> > > I agree. A good IT-guy can go from concept to reality (and back again). > We are problem solvers. Given enough information we can overcome just > about any problem.
But don't expect us to come up with snap answers with no data. ( current irritation with micro-manager ) > I think the best degree to identify these kinds of conceptual thinkers > is Mathematics. Mathematicians don't come cheap though so I usually end > up hiring/training their left-handed counterparts: Musicians. The other ones that I have found most impressively able to merge computer science with people skills ( and, incidentally, business ) are Philosophy majors -- or at least people who have a good grounding in philosophy and logic. Perhaps I have only encountered the exceptions, but a few of the people that I have most looked up to had those qualities. > Jon Brian
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