<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Funny that this issue came up, I recently took a class in Interpersonal Communications,</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">which are essential in the "New Workforce", I highly recommend such classes to everyone,</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">makes life so much easier, since it impacts every aspect of how the world perceives you, and how</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">you foster perceptions and validate other people and their issues....</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">-Henry<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: R. Irving <rirving@antient.org><BR>To: Bill Nash <billn@billn.net><BR>Cc: Kim Onnel <karim.adel@gmail.com>; NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org><BR>Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 3:36:17 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Interpersonal skills needed for Network Engineers<BR><BR><BR>Proof read, and corrected.<BR>* sigh *<BR><BR>time to call it a day. :-\<BR><BR>R. Irving wrote:<BR>><BR>> Kim Onnel wrote:<BR>> <snip><BR>>>><BR>>>> In my humble experience, i have came across people that i just feel <BR>>>> they are<BR>>>> not right for such technical jobs, people would act and take their <BR>>>> golden<BR>>>> fingers to the devices without logic and others who has more of a <BR>>>> structured<BR>>>> approach to solving problems and
thinking, some that will crank under<BR>>>> pressure and just loose it and others who will act rationally.<BR>> The Executive Summary:<BR>><BR>> You know those techs that are easy to understand,<BR>> and communicate so effectively,<BR>> almost always seeing things your way ?<BR>><BR>> Those are the sycophants, Jungian type "E's".<BR>><BR>> You know those techs that always seem to<BR>> be talking over your head, and telling you things<BR>> don't work the way you think, always screaming caution ?<BR>><BR>> Those are your *real* techs, Jungian type "I".<BR>><BR>> Why can't most managers figure this out ?<BR>><BR>> See: Alpha Male Syndrome, by our friends at <A href="http://monster.com/" target=_blank>Monster.com</A><BR>> (Kate Ludeman, PhD, and Eddie Erlandson, MD)<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://www.alphamalesyndrome.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.alphamalesyndrome.com/</A><BR>><BR>> :-P<BR>><BR>> </noise><signal><BR><BR></DIV>
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