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When I was a TA in college I gave similar advice to my students: If you are the best person in your study group, you are in the wrong study group. Now, the prob
by sp_ 16y ago
When I was a TA in college I gave similar advice to my students: If you are the best person in your study group, you are in the wrong study group. Now, the problem is, on a purely meritocratic level, the better study groups do not want to have you because you are slowing them down. You gotta bring something else to the table so they let you in. What that special something is, everybody has to figure that out for himself. I can't help you with that.
I am definitely seeing lots of parallels to work and other aspects of life here.
- raganwald 16y agothe problem is, on a purely meritocratic level, the better study groups do not want to have you because you are slowing them down. You gotta bring something else to the table so they let you in. "Do you like your espresso long or short" works for me. I am NOT joking: Every project in the world has some mundane thing that has to be done but everybody is too busy to do it. Make coffee, write and maintain build scripts, write test cases, documentation, whatever. If everyone on the team is smarter than you, they all would rather be doing something else, and they will value a team member that gives them more time to do it.
- apsurd 16y agoah the benefits of humility. Well said.