I also vaguely remember the quote you’re referencing and I think you got the gist of it.
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foliumcreations@lemmy.world 1 day agoTo 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.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
PushButton@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
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.
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 day ago
Hope everyone has updated their resumes already