Comment on How "Learn to Code" Backfired on a Whole Generation
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The best programmers, sysadmins, and other techies I’ve worked with had humanities degrees. Being a STEMlord who can’t be nice or express yourself well in words will put you at a disadvantage in even the nerdiest of jobs.
To quote Adam Savage; The one skill to focus on, is how easy you are to work with. People will always take the less skilled but easy to interact with person, before the “full of them self” savant.
I’m using the word quote here in the broadest of sense. Cause I know I’m butchering the quote. Only remember the gist of it.
I am working with a full team of low skilled, feely-touchy people.
The product is no where usable, the parent company is starting to increase the pressure to deliver, but hey, it’s a nice place to stay until the doors close.
I would take a team of moderately-skilled, emotionally intelligent people over a team of jerks who like the smell of their own farts.
I wouldn’t want to work with a low-skilled team of anyone.
Yeah, Adam Savage was saying that as a highly skilled person. I’ve worked with personality hires. I’ve worked with military-grade weaponized autism. I prefer the autism, because at least I don’t need to babysit them and double-check all of their work. With the autists, at least you can reliably know “if I give them {A}, I’ll get {B} in return. Not {C}, not {D}, always {B}.” I don’t mind teaching. It’s inevitable in any job. But working with personality hires always ends up being an exercise in patience, because there’s only so many times I can show someone how to do something.
Hope everyone has updated their resumes already
I also vaguely remember the quote you’re referencing and I think you got the gist of it.
Psych major, reporting in
Zuck, you?
History for me
art major here
Got no degree but study psychiatry, history and Philosophie in private. Autism am i right?
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
My sister, who’s been an occupational therapist, personal assistant and on other ‘soft’ jobs recently got hired as a helpdesk employee just for that reason. Apparently it’s easier to teach a humanist to reset M365 passwords and do simple troubleshooting than teach a techie on how to deal with humans (which is a major part of being an on-call support for anything).
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 months ago
She talks to the customers so the engineers don’t have to.
She has people skills. She is good at dealing with people.