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You post, you contribute. We love you for that. The issue isn't geek. It use to be that folks were type cast into IT. I saw it many times.

The company's founder had a jerk son or daughter that needed a place to go where they would not embarrass the board and the IT department was a good place to lose them. But that all stopped when IT folks started pulling in more than 80,000. All kinds of personalities were then attracted to our industry. Today we have not just jerks who are rude to corporate level board members and unfeeling logical Mr Spocks but folks skilled in narrative communication and even "people skilled" empathetic types. Money did that.

My point is more to the now. Now it is fundamentally important for productivity to be able to communicate via Email Blogs and even chat rooms. Those who are not developing skills in these areas - those "People skilled" visual communication lots of meetings folks just will not have a place in US society unless they can be more like us, stop being so sensitive and start viewing electronic communication as a necessary part of staying employed. In the past their people skills kept them employed. I am questioning if that will continue to be the case because every US business is seeking productivity improvement each and every year.
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Direct Communicators  mighetto | 12/14/07
LOL!  GuidingLight | 12/14/07
Move on  mighetto | 12/14/07
haha, "(in the US) steroids users in sports are disliked". What about Bonds  markbn | 12/14/07
Non - IT Skills - A Must?  srrao | 12/17/07
RE: Survey: People skills valued over those for IT  mrOSX | 12/14/07
Both are important  georgeou | 12/15/07
No, skills matter  tmccorm | 12/17/07
That's incorrect.  notsofast | 12/17/07
I hope the medical industry does not adopt this...  mrOSX | 12/14/07
Team Building  mighetto | 12/14/07
It's a stupid philosophy. Especially when Gates  HypnoToad72 | 12/14/07
Blow ups and why they happen - its team buildig  mighetto | 12/14/07
Why did those people not participate? I might have your answer:  HypnoToad72 | 12/14/07
I object! (Oh, why did I watch Legally Blonde!?)  ego.sum.stig@... | 12/14/07
Huzzah great comment  mighetto | 12/14/07
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/14/07
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 12/14/07
We love You  mighetto | 12/14/07
Blame everyone except the top tier for greed, I see...  HypnoToad72 | 12/14/07
The medium doesn't matter.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/15/07
I'll agree you make a valid point,  HypnoToad72 | 12/14/07
I agree, life isn't fair.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/15/07
And you are 100% correct.  HypnoToad72 | 12/16/07
There is no team when competition isn't fair  mighetto | 12/14/07
And it's still dependend on the marketplace.  HypnoToad72 | 12/14/07
And yet, many actually thrive  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/15/07
Amen...  Kromaethius | 12/16/07
No, you're wrong. It's "Whatever will be will be."  HypnoToad72 | 12/16/07
Which also explains history:  HypnoToad72 | 12/16/07
Follow the money  scott1329 | 12/17/07
RE: Survey: People skills valued over those for IT  mbarnett@... | 12/17/07
RE: Survey: People skills valued over those for IT  BillW15 | 12/17/07
RE: Survey: People skills valued over those for IT  manishbahal@... | 12/17/07
RE: Survey: People skills valued over those for IT  brunocustodio@... | 12/17/07
We need both IT and IP skills  srrao | 12/17/07
RE: Survey: People skills valued over those for IT  m.wentink5@... | 12/24/07
true  m.wentink5@... | 12/24/07
wrong button  m.wentink5@... | 12/24/07

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