Starting Up: 1 or 2, 3 is Too Much

Re:Starting Up: 1 or 2, 3 is Too Much by Periodic on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @03:42PM (#970709)

I think there may be a danger in labeling yourself based on your weaknesses. It could lead to subconsciously shutting down options because they involve your "weakness". Essentially, if you don't explore your weakness and try to gain strength in that area then you risk letting it atrophy.

For example, if you're a "technically-savvy, introverted programmer" and you hire in a "outgoing marketeer" to handle all the customer relations then you may find that you loose touch with customers and loose sight of the company as a whole.

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Re:Starting Up: 1 or 2, 3 is Too Much by cadwag on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @06:51PM (#971114)

While it is true that anything you don't exercise will atrophy, like you said, but - at the same time - you can't be a master at everything.

The person that can be a master programmer and a charismatic salesmen is very rare indeed. In fact, so rare that I would be surprised if they exist at all.

So I agree, you shouldn't completely ignore tasks that don't fall under your speciality; but also, work on those tasks only enough to maintain a certain level of competency and skill. Then you can hopefully stay in touch enough and not "loose sight of the company as a whole."

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