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> The only thing that matters about your coworkers––the only thing––is if, after the year's over or the project's done, you'd work with them again. I'd agree t

by wdr1 13y ago

> The only thing that matters about your coworkers––the only thing––is if, after the year's over or the project's done, you'd work with them again. I'd agree that's an important aspect, even a very important aspect, but hardly all that matters. I could work with 10 of the nicest people on the planet, but if we all like each other & don't accomplish anything, is that really, well, good for the company? Then again, that does explain most board of directors.

codyb 13y ago
Well if you spent a year not accomplishing something and you'd like to accomplish something then presumably you wouldn't choose to work with people you accomplished nothing with. And if you take it after the projects done then you must have done something so the hypothetical isn't relevant there.
dylangs1030 13y ago
Your argument is completely irrelevant. It's practically a straw man. That's not what he said at all. He made a point about whether you'd work with a team again, and how this is all that matters. You made a point about whether it'd be good for the company for you to work with people you think are nice and can hang out with. That's not at all the same thing. You're not countering what he said. He's talking about actually working and getting things done, and how productive your team is as a functional unit. You're talking about how much you like your team. It's implicit in "would I work with this team again" that you'd be trying to work with the team and not just hang out for a beer or five. Some of the best people I've worked with, and people I'd work with again, are people I don't personally like. But if they're productive and we have good professional chemistry, I don't need them to think Aaron Rodgers is the best quaterback to work with me. The takeaway is this: you can work with a team and be extremely productive together, but you don't have to desire working with them again because they're nice or you like them. You should desire to work with them again because they're awesome and complement you well professionally.

by wdr1 13y ago

codyb 13y ago

Well if you spent a year not accomplishing something and you'd like to accomplish something then presumably you wouldn't choose to work with people you accomplished nothing with. And if you take it after the projects done then you must have done something so the hypothetical isn't relevant there.

dylangs1030 13y ago

Your argument is completely irrelevant. It's practically a straw man. That's not what he said at all. He made a point about whether you'd work with a team again, and how this is all that matters. You made a point about whether it'd be good for the company for you to work with people you think are nice and can hang out with. That's not at all the same thing. You're not countering what he said. He's talking about actually working and getting things done, and how productive your team is as a functional unit. You're talking about how much you like your team. It's implicit in "would I work with this team again" that you'd be trying to work with the team and not just hang out for a beer or five. Some of the best people I've worked with, and people I'd work with again, are people I don't personally like. But if they're productive and we have good professional chemistry, I don't need them to think Aaron Rodgers is the best quaterback to work with me. The takeaway is this: you can work with a team and be extremely productive together, but you don't have to desire working with them again because they're nice or you like them. You should desire to work with them again because they're awesome and complement you well professionally.