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I also read Cal Newport and am pursuing the ability to perform deep work. In the meantime, I notice that the marginal return of deep work in a big enough compan
by hintymad 6y ago
I also read Cal Newport and am pursuing the ability to perform deep work. In the meantime, I notice that the marginal return of deep work in a big enough company is questionable, especially for high-level ICs. A high-level IC spends most of the time in discussion and meetings, and people expect such person to make quick decisions or to assert influence within a single meeting. Therefore, the most influential ICs are those who have strong intuition and strong communication skills. Deep work can still pay off, but one needs to go really deep on both big pictures and on technical depth. I mean Wernher von Braun deep or Jeff Dean deep, which very few people possess. Maybe this is not about deep work, but about how challenging it is to be an IC.
- nondave 6y agoWhat does IC mean here?
- kawfey 6y agoIndividual contributor.
- adamesque 6y agoindividual contributor (aka someone judged on their own work output, not the output of a team like a manager or director)
- posed 6y agoI first read it as Integrated chip, lol.
- augustk 6y agoIntegrated circuit? https://blog.mitchjlee.com/2020/your-writing-style-is-costly https://blog.mitchjlee.com/2020/your-writing-style-is-costly
- hintymad 6y agoMy bad. You’re right, and thanks for the link. Unfortunately the window for editing is closed.
- augustk 6y agoIt's okay to use a non-standard abbreviation if you spell it out the first time it's used followed by the abbreviation in parentheses, like "individual contributor (IC)", and then use the abbreviation in the rest of the text.