Interpersonal skills needed for Network Engineers

R. Irving rirving at antient.org
Sat Feb 16 23:36:17 UTC 2008


Proof read, and corrected.
* sigh *

time to call it a day.    :-\

R. Irving wrote:
>
> Kim Onnel wrote:
> <snip>
>>>
>>> In my humble experience, i have came across people that i just feel 
>>> they are
>>> not right for such technical jobs, people would act and take their 
>>> golden
>>> fingers to the devices without logic and others who has more of a 
>>> structured
>>> approach to solving problems and thinking, some that will crank under
>>> pressure and just loose it and others who will act rationally.
> The Executive Summary:
>
> You know those techs that are easy to understand,
> and communicate so effectively,
> almost always seeing things your way ?
>
> Those are the sycophants, Jungian type "E's".
>
> You know those techs that always seem to
> be talking over your head, and telling you things
> don't work the way you think, always screaming caution ?
>
> Those are your *real* techs, Jungian type "I".
>
> Why can't most managers figure this out ?
>
> See:  Alpha Male Syndrome, by our friends at Monster.com
> (Kate Ludeman, PhD, and Eddie Erlandson, MD)
>
> http://www.alphamalesyndrome.com/
>
>  :-P
>
> </noise><signal>




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