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>"The number of people who could credibly become the new chair is limited; the number of people who want it even fewer." I've noticed this trend in a lot of te
by FrustratedMonky 3y ago
>"The number of people who could credibly become the new chair is limited; the number of people who want it even fewer."
I've noticed this trend in a lot of technology fields of late.
I hear a ton about tech layoffs, and yet highly competent people still seem rare.
- _ph_ 3y agoHighly compentent people are rare. And those usually are very busy, especially if at the same time there are layoffs. And if you are compentent and have a plate full of exciting things to do in front of you, it is difficult to find the time for such a committee job, however important that on the long term might be.
- dragonwriter 3y agoHighly competent people may or may not be rare depending on exactly where you divide the line, but competent people in tech that are also competent to this kind of community wrangling are definitely rare, and people sharing both those competencies, with the tech competency in the right domain, who are interested in a particular community-wrangling job, and who can be trusted in it (which is distinct from either kind of competence) are often extremely rare.