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Agreed; my dad interviewed to be a VP at Lockheed in the 1960s and eventually turned down the job saying, "All your problems are political! None are technical!
by systemBuilder 5y ago
Agreed; my dad interviewed to be a VP at Lockheed in the 1960s and eventually turned down the job saying, "All your problems are political! None are technical!"
- perl4ever 5y agoAt my previous job, I used to sit in meetings thinking all the problems were political/communication, and those are the only interesting ones. Over the years, I didn't come to the conclusion "I want to be insulated from non-technical problems" (which is an easy thing to achieve) but rather "I want to be involved in solutions that are technically trivial, but solve organizational issues". Because those are the ones where the most leverage and meaning exists.