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Avoidance as a compensation strategy for weaknesses isn't particular to just tech culture; it exists in pretty much every discipline. I've taken the opposite a
by cosmie 7y ago
Avoidance as a compensation strategy for weaknesses isn't particular to just tech culture; it exists in pretty much every discipline.
I've taken the opposite approach: from what I went to school for to how my career has developed, I've generally made choices that allow me to capitalize on my strengths while shoring up my weaknesses. And along the way I've recognized that such an approach in itself is a strength of mine, as not everyone that attempts to do so can be successful at it.
It's also a meandering path to success. At least from a professional standpoint, it's far more straightforward to avoid your weaknesses and hone your strengths. And such specialization is embodied in the organizational structures of most businesses.
- XorNot 7y ago"Challenging yourself" is risky and no guarantee of self improvement though. You can spend a lot of time thinking something is hard, when really you're just in a bad environment.
- cosmie 7y agoPrecisely. This is part of what I meant by being able to take this route is a strength in itself. It takes a high degree of situational awareness and a significant amount of self-awareness to be able to suss out the differences between environmental factors and personal, and take deliberate action to maneuver yourself into an environment where you can be successful as-is yet still work to strengthen (or at least blunt) your weaknesses.