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Early in my professional career, I learned something: nobody in the professional world wants to hear what anyone else has to say, unless money is involved (e.g.
by sdegutis 11y ago
Early in my professional career, I learned something: nobody in the professional world wants to hear what anyone else has to say, unless money is involved (e.g. one of you is the other one's client or customer), and even then they want to hear as little as possible. I had to learn how to professionally communicate with my employers and clients, which means learning to say as little as humanly possible while still mostly getting the point across.
- lolidaisuki 11y agoExcept people email RMS specifically because they want to hear what he wants to say. Professional field and the hacker and activist cultures are very different in nature.
- chucksmash 11y agoSo you optimize for communicating with that sort of person if you need money from them. Never having met the guy, that doesn't really sound like rms' MO.