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> Shit no, because the whole rest of the time I'm not coming up with those handful of new ideas, I'm less-smart. For better or worse, I am such a person: good
by tibbar 5y ago
> Shit no, because the whole rest of the time I'm not coming up with those handful of new ideas, I'm less-smart.
For better or worse, I am such a person: good at generating ideas and product vision, merely competent at technical execution. Put another way, my verbal iq and empathy (if that can be measured) are much stronger than my analytical iq, as confirmed by essentially every standardized test I’ve ever taken. As a result, I function and process information differently than a lot of my engineer peers. Some things are obviously harder for me, which can be painful and embarrassing, but as a rule I’m involved in lots of interesting discussions and design sessions and tend to be a de facto product manager. It’s just different, a trade off in mental styles.
- tcgv 5y agoI'm more of an analytical person myself, and my non-technical co-founder at our startup is much like you described yourself. I built the tech in the early days (today I mostly manage the tech team). He was the sales person and used his impressive communication skills to win our first key accounts. One thing that he though me long ago is that there are several types of intelligence. It's not linear. People usually assume the analytical type of intelligence is the true type of intelligence. I find that to be inaccurate.