In industry, a person’s skill set can be described using one of two metaphors: the letter “I” and the letter “T.” A person with “I-shaped” skills has very deep skills in a single domain. This vertical line in the letter “I” represents this depth in a single area. In contrast, the person with “T-shaped” skills […]
Career
Wise or Intelligent… What’s your lot?
Someone said, “intelligence equals learning from one’s mistakes and, wisdom equals learning from other people’s mistakes”. The same person said that the fastest way to rise in a career is to be wise, not just being intelligent. I agree! I’ve learned a lot from many mistakes – most of them my own mistakes. It seems […]
Whose Shoulders Are You Standing On?
The folks at Google seem to think that students would receive tremendous guidance and help if they had access to an existing body of knowledge relevant to their studies. On this premise, they created “Google Scholar” a search engine dedicated to students, researchers and everything related to a fit-for-purpose intellectual growth and curiosity. Interestingly, Google Scholar’s […]