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You have either been very lucky or have a very optimistic viewpoint :-) These things are never overt (they get weeded out early) but subtle and one has to read
by rramadass 3y ago
You have either been very lucky or have a very optimistic viewpoint :-)
These things are never overt (they get weeded out early) but subtle and one has to read between the lines (and take into consideration one's own biases) to correctly gauge someone else's depth. Enthusiasm should not be mistaken for Capability. The key for proper Management is to read Engineers correctly and provide Training (introductory or more) where they might be deficient/needed/based-on-company-domain without anybody asking for it explicitly. AFAIK nobody does this; you are supposed to be magically "productive" from day 1 and are expected to continue at a "high-level of productivity" independent of the stage of the project/product/your life problems/etc. which is an impossibility.
- MichaelZuo 3y ago> AFAIK nobody does this; you are supposed to be magically "productive" from day 1 and are expected to continue at a "high-level of productivity" independent of the stage of the project/product/your life problems/etc. which is an impossibility. This is clearly possible, if we assume literal geniuses are 1 in a thousand, then there are 8 million actual bonafide geniuses in the world, maybe a quarter million of which are in tech in some fashion.
- rramadass 3y agoNo, this is not a Numbers Game but Human Factors. No living organism can be at their best w.r.t. a given task every day over long periods of Time. There are too many Environmental/Contextual factors at play here.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThey can be the best every day for a few decades at least and from day 1 of joining too. I'm not claiming it from cradle to grave here.