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I wouldn't be able to run my own business without a keen perception and a fine attention to detail when talking to clients, their employees, sometimes even thei

I wouldn't be able to run my own business without a keen perception and a fine attention to detail when talking to clients, their employees, sometimes even their vendors. This is maybe less true in a more pure, academic/engineering setting where it's all numerics and formulae, but even then, all the thinking work is done by humans, whose thoughts and feelings matter. I think most of all: It's easier to understand reasons why people might be doing/not doing something if you've taken the time and effort to TRULY listen to them beforehand. As a sidenote, if interacting with people is about winning/losing for you, there might be some rather serious issues for you to reflect on in how you perceive, build, and maintain relationships with other people. Good luck!

theGnuMe 4y ago
>academic/engineering setting where it's all numerics and formulae, Success in these areas is like 95% social and 5% technical.
- adenozine 4y ago
  Having been in it for two decades, I vehemently disagree. If any one single thing has been responsible for my success (contractor, six-fig monthly) it's not that the hill just knows me so well. It's that I know the problems institutions and large corporations face, I know how a lot of them think and how they try to solve them, and crucially: I know how to *actually* solve those problems and get paid. Unless you are meaning within the universities themselves? Then sure. That's not really what I meant though. The vast majority of students want to graduate and leave to industry somewhere.