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I am not surprised that people with amazing memories end up being in senior positions for a variety of reasons (and not just technical). I am WAY more fascinat
by alexpotato 8y ago
I am not surprised that people with amazing memories end up being in senior positions for a variety of reasons (and not just technical).
I am WAY more fascinated by the people who end up in those roles who do NOT have amazing memories. Partly because my memory is by no means "amazing" so I'm curious how they work around not being able to recall everything on command.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI think the higher up you get the more you need memory capacity to quickly switch between tasks. When I look at my VP he has to do a complete context switch between completely different issues almost every hour and remember what was discussed weeks before.
- ryanhuff 8y agoI was listening to a radio interview with an (American) football coach (Sean McVay), who has risen up the ranks very quickly. The guy can instantly recall details about past football plays and outcomes like a walking encyclopedia, and apply them situationally during games. Hyper focused. The interviewer asked him of this recall and focus translated to other aspects of his life, and the coach said that it was limited to football, and that he's essentially an unbalanced mess with anything non-football related. So, for these people that seem to have super recall and deep, broad expertise in their professional environments, does it often come at the expense of being equally unbalanced in other areas of their life?
- munificent 8y agoReminds me of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNVJFRl6f6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNVJFRl6f6s Some people are just on a whole other level.