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> At Novell, we had what I called “glue” people. They sit at the boundaries, and help everyone work together. What does he mean by this? Social people that mak
by ilurk 11y ago
> At Novell, we had what I called “glue” people. They sit at the boundaries, and help everyone work together.
What does he mean by this? Social people that make a good environment? Or generalist that know a bit of everything?
> You don’t hire generic people — you hire people who have had stress and achievement.
Isn't this bias inducing towards good storytellers?
> Once we decided to review all the tactics, we put in a scoring system. Sergey said, the problem is, these scores are biased.
How does google evaluate performance?
- reagency 11y agoI think you have as fine a point it as they do.
- kelukelugames 11y agoThe world is biased towards good storytellers. I highly recommend reading Lauren Rivera's Pedigree. It's published in 2015 and resonates with my friends in consulting and finance. http://www.amazon.com/Pedigree-How-Elite-Students-Jobs/dp/0691155623/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1445190973&sr=8-2&keywords=pedigree http://www.amazon.com/Pedigree-How-Elite-Students-Jobs/dp/06...
- ilurk 11y agoDoes the book teach you how to be a good storyteller? BTW, thanks for this one [1]. I'll be reading it, and similar material, really soon (had it bookmarked here.) Regarding my comment, I should have explained myself better in any case. I suspect all software developers have experienced some amounts of stress in getting things done on time. My problem is that I don't keep a track record of it. Just a few days ago on a phone interview they asked me of any interesting problem I had solved. My honest non-impressive answer was "nothing in particular, I just go at it and keep going". I have faced countless problems and when I do: I fix them. I don't write them on my diary. But now I know I should have. One thing I do keep track are my programming and linux notes because I've dealt with so many different technologies. And will be moving those to github and blogs since nowadays you need to be a social coder. [1] http://kelukelu.me/interview/ http://kelukelu.me/interview/
- kelukelugames 11y agoThanks! Hope it helps. Yes, the book helps. She wrote it to expose unfairness in American society, but unfortunately some people read it as a "how to break into the elite." One section explains how storytelling works in an interview context.