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I wonder how many engineers (and others) are “pigeon-holed” in their careers. Change is scary and exciting, rewarding and risky. Tim can be an inspiration, or a
by xixixao 5y ago
I wonder how many engineers (and others) are “pigeon-holed” in their careers. Change is scary and exciting, rewarding and risky. Tim can be an inspiration, or an outlier we can enviously watch from our seats. The latter will at least be hella amusing.
- mcintyre1994 5y agoIt's a word I've used a lot when trying to explain to recruiters the sorts of jobs I'm looking for - trying not to pigeon hole myself into a particular technology/stack. I guess any single programming job is still a lot narrower than what Tim Minchin is referring to when he uses the term, but he's a genius.
- therealdrag0 5y agoThere was an interesting episode or series on Freakanomics years ago about the virtues of “quitting”. Very thought provoking.