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I've grown to really like short responses, assuming they give enough info to answer the question. I think that a lot of us run into a subconcious thing where we
by jjice 5y ago
I've grown to really like short responses, assuming they give enough info to answer the question. I think that a lot of us run into a subconcious thing where we feel like we need to say more, but most of the time we won't. I've been practicing recently, and it makes things so much faster and less tedious.
I think I originally picked this up from professors, because I'd write a well thought out response (an unreasonable amount of time spent on it), and the professor would respond with all the info I'd need in two sentences.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoJobs's reply in this case, however, was characteristically asshole-ish, not merely curt.
- BuyMyBitcoins 5y agoI forget which Apple engineer posted this anecdote, but Steve Jobs threatened to fire him and he agonized over a detailed response email. But he ultimately just sent something like “Steve, you know how I feel. But you’re the boss. Let me know tomorrow if I’m fired or not”. He never heard back and just kept working at Apple. Now I personally think the engineer’s like-kind response is probably what let him keep his job. But there’s something elegant about straightforwardness like this.
- fbristow 5y agoThis was Wayne Goodrich https://web.archive.org/web/20180711230139if_/https://www.cake.co/conversations/jNZlq6j/the-man-who-produced-steve-jobs-keynotes-for-20-years https://web.archive.org/web/20180711230139if_/https://www.ca...