understanding
(this is a fairly opinionated post) after introducing myself a lot lately — in conversations with new coworkers and classmates and project collaborators, in text boxes for online platforms like lun…
(this is a fairly opinionated post) after introducing myself a lot lately — in conversations with new coworkers and classmates and project collaborators, in text boxes for online platforms like lunchclub and datamatch, and so on — i’ve noticed that i no longer know how to do intros in a way that facilitates understanding maybe the phrase no longer is misleading, in that i haven’t gotten worse at introductions so much as i’ve realized how difficult they are. we’re told not to reduce people to labels, but they’re so convenient and ubiquitous that i’m finding it impossible not to, even when those
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- soft question - Thinking and Explaining - MathOverflowmathoverflow.net
- Elad Gil on X: "Things to do when asking for an intro: -Start a fresh clean email with a relevant subject line someone can forward easily. Dont reply with a bunch of crap inline alongside other musings, questions etc -Explain who you are and why you are interesting/special. Drop some brand" / Xx.com
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