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Transcript

  1. Becoming a  deep generalist

  2. How I Became
 a Know-it-all

  3. None
  4. None

  5. What kind of  person are you?

  6. The four temperaments

  7. None
  8. None

  9. Type A

  10. INFJ

  11. They say there are 10 types of people...

  12. T

  13. T skill empathy

  14. U skill empathy

  15. None

  16. 1994

  17. 1999

  18. 2005

  19. 2006

  20. None

  21. 2009

  22. None

  23. 2011

  24. 2014

  25. technical architect project manager director of technology developer blogger writer

    speaker business owner freelancer prototyper team lead teacher organizer designer design lead product manager front-end lead

  26. Luck is ... ...what happens when preparedness meets opportunity.

  27. Any time I became “known” for something, I changed.

  28. Empathy through experience

  29. Y O U

  30. “Don’t grow up  to be a specialist.” — Jonathan

    Rosenberg, SVP of Products at Google

  31. Diversity is your best defence against myopia. — Jonathan Rosenberg,

    SVP of Products at Google
  32. None

  33. Thank you. On twitter @snookca On the web at snook.ca