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Things I Learned In 2013
- unfug 13y agoOne of the things that I've learned in recent years closely relates to several of those points: There is no shame in being wrong, it is much more important to quickly adapt to new information that has since proved your original assumptions incorrect. Especially on the non-IT side in the corporate world, it seems like a lot of people have an irrational fear of making a decision on anything in case that decision ends up being wrong. Instead you end up with either a watered down solution that doesn't really solve the problem or the decision to delay the problem entirely.
- rdtsc 13y ago> There is no shame in being wrong, it is much more important to quickly adapt to new information that has since proved your original assumptions incorrect. It is also important to create a culture that doesn't punish mistakes excessively. You want smart, creative people taking some measure of risk. If they perceive they will be punished for small mistakes, they'll stop making mistakes (which means start doing only mundane boring things) or will just leave.
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- lcusack 13y agoI can see how some of it does read as "fluff" or cliche, it probably would be more beneficial if I did a short paragraph on how I learned each point.
- harvestmoon 13y agoJust as an FYI, my McAffee program warned me against visiting the site mentioned on the tumblr page.
- lcusack 13y agohmmm. Thanks, could you tell me what device / browser you were using?
- harvestmoon 13y agoSure. Windows 7 laptop, Mozilla Firefox. Just wanted to let you know as it's possible others are affected. Good luck!
- ternaryoperator 13y agoFYI, on Windows 7 with Kaspersky Pure 3.0, using Chrome, it generates no warning.
- ksikka 13y agoAll the things you mention are so true! I learned the same this year so I can relate. Unfortunate but I suspect that wisdom cannot be taught, only learned from experience.