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Not quite sure what you mean by "planning decision". Do mean actively recruiting people with backgrounds and knowledge that are substantially different from yo

Not quite sure what you mean by "planning decision". Do mean actively recruiting people with backgrounds and knowledge that are substantially different from your existing group? Do you mean from the individual's point of view whether or not to learn as much information as possible and become an "expert" before contributing? I'm assuming you have minimally sufficient knowledge of your field, otherwise you wouldn't have been hired in the first place. I'm just saying that it can sometimes be advantageous not to spend all your time learning as much as possible about the way things are normally done at your new job/activity and approach the job from your own strengths and knowledge. In that way you may surprise yourself and others with solutions that they hadn't thought of because they couldn't see outside their box. You will become an expert eventually (if you want), but you may delay contributing if you wait until you reach that status before trying. And although you may look foolish or stupid if your naive idea was wrong, in my experience you don't get fired for trying. You just get embarrassed and then spend your time steeping yourself in the field's dogma :) It's just an observation ...

dalke 13y ago
By "planning decision" I mean to use this knowledge to make a decision which is more likely to lead to a successful project. Consider the converse to your statement: It can sometimes be advantageous to spend all your time learning as much as possible about the way things are normally done while approaching the job from your own strengths and knowledge. It seems that that converse statement is equally true. If a statement and its converse seem equally true, then how useful of a statement is it? "you may delay contributing if you wait until you reach that status before trying" Certainly. However, contributing is also an important part of learning, and you are unlikely to get to expert status if you delay in contributing.
- molbioguy 13y ago
  By "planning decision" I mean to use this knowledge to make a decision which is more likely to lead to a successful project. Sorry, still not clear to me what you mean. Please clarify. Consider the converse to your statement: It can sometimes be advantageous to spend all your time learning as much as possible about the way things are normally done while approaching the job from your own strengths and knowledge. Nope. The converse of what I said would be: It can sometimes be advantageous to spend all your time learning as much as possible about the way things are normally done before trying to contribute to projects. "you may delay contributing if you wait until you reach that status before trying" Certainly. However, contributing is also an important part of learning, and you are unlikely to get to expert status if you delay in contributing. Yes, exactly. Fits with what I'm saying. I'm sure you'll have something to say, so I'll leave you to have the last say. Thanks for the discussion.
  - dalke 13y ago
    I'm not sure how I can clarify in another way, sorry. Cheers.

dalke 13y ago

By "planning decision" I mean to use this knowledge to make a decision which is more likely to lead to a successful project. Consider the converse to your statement: It can sometimes be advantageous to spend all your time learning as much as possible about the way things are normally done while approaching the job from your own strengths and knowledge. It seems that that converse statement is equally true. If a statement and its converse seem equally true, then how useful of a statement is it? "you may delay contributing if you wait until you reach that status before trying" Certainly. However, contributing is also an important part of learning, and you are unlikely to get to expert status if you delay in contributing.

molbioguy 13y ago
By "planning decision" I mean to use this knowledge to make a decision which is more likely to lead to a successful project. Sorry, still not clear to me what you mean. Please clarify. Consider the converse to your statement: It can sometimes be advantageous to spend all your time learning as much as possible about the way things are normally done while approaching the job from your own strengths and knowledge. Nope. The converse of what I said would be: It can sometimes be advantageous to spend all your time learning as much as possible about the way things are normally done before trying to contribute to projects. "you may delay contributing if you wait until you reach that status before trying" Certainly. However, contributing is also an important part of learning, and you are unlikely to get to expert status if you delay in contributing. Yes, exactly. Fits with what I'm saying. I'm sure you'll have something to say, so I'll leave you to have the last say. Thanks for the discussion.
- dalke 13y ago
  I'm not sure how I can clarify in another way, sorry. Cheers.