Re: ANNOUNCE: Vacant Job Positions

lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) wrote: >According to Willy Berghorn <willy@mathematik.uni-Bremen.de>: >:Nikolay Dichev (cdsipbs@the-hermes.net) wrote: >:: snip here >: >:Exactly ! And what's about the EQ (in contrast to the IQ) ? >:Will someone be more valueable if he is able to work in a team ? >:Some questions will only be solved in a (so called) "team spirit" ! >:So a new question arises, how can one measure the "value" of a person ? >:And I mean, what is more desirable, a person that hides himself in a >:dark room ( although he is genious ) or a person that will have full >:communication to other team-members ? >: >I guess it depends on whether you want to have lots of parties, or lots >of products. The genius in a dark room probably will be able to produce >a lot more code than someone who sits all day 'communicating' around the >water fountain or coffee machine. Cheap shot and uncalled for. I once spent a week determining database structures. The reason? I had incomplete specs and needed to speak to people and get LOTS of details. It was an iterative process and finally, I had something that the users and the computer could deal with. If I hadn't had communications skills sufficient to deal with this (read "If I had been incompetent..."), I couldn't have produced a decent product and wouldn't have had anything to do back in my "dark room". >-- >:s Larry W. Virden INET: lvirden@cas.org >:s <URL:http://www.teraform.com/%7Elvirden/>; <*> >:s Unless explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should >:s be construed as representing my employer's opinions. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko C Pronunciation Guide: y=x++; "wye equals ex plus plus semicolon" x=x++; "ex equals ex doublecross semicolon"