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Stevey's Blog Rants: Done, and Gets Things Smart

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First off, I'm calling for a moratorium on Simpsons references until the writers over there are Done, and gets things funny. Secondly, is it possible to cluster DGTSers? Can they recognize each others' brilliance and form into a sort of hive mind, or do they end up abrading one another with slight differences? (Thanks for the two recent posts!) Thank you for reminding me that I'm not one. IMHO, the biggest enemy of geeks is not incompetence, it's arrogance. Not garden variety "I'm smarter than others" arrogance, but "I'm smarter than mostly everyone else, and I don't need to hear what you have to say, because I'm right, and you have nothing of value to say on this subject." It sabotages effective communication and learning by osmosis from coworkers. And it probably convicted Hans Rosling of Murder. :) It's amazing how many people take their anecdotal industry or academic experience and assert it as some kind of formal proof of correctness of their positions. Probably the best advice

Stevey's Blog Rants: Done, and Gets Things Smart Stevey's Blog Rants Random whining and stuff. Monday, June 16, 2008 Done, and Gets Things Smart Disclaimer: I do not speak for Google! These are my own views and opinions, and are not endorsed in any way by my employer, nor anyone else, for that matter. Everyone knows and quotes Joel's old chestnut, " Smart , and Gets Things Done ." It was a blog , then a book , and now it's an aphorism. People quote Joel's Proverb all the time because it gives us all such a nice snuggly feeling. Why? Because to be in this industry at all, even a bottom-feeder,

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