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December 11, 2014
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Becoming a Deep Generalist
snookca
December 11, 2014
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Transcript
Becoming a deep generalist
How I Became a Know-it-all
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What kind of person are you?
The four temperaments
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Type A
INFJ
They say there are 10 types of people...
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T skill empathy
U skill empathy
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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
Luck is ... ...what happens when preparedness meets opportunity.
Any time I became “known” for something, I changed.
Empathy through experience
Y O U
“Don’t grow up to be a specialist.” — Jonathan
Rosenberg, SVP of Products at Google
Diversity is your best defence against myopia. — Jonathan Rosenberg,
SVP of Products at Google
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Thank you. On twitter @snookca On the web at snook.ca