By mitchp
via stochasticgeometry.ie
Published: Feb 28 2010 / 15:35
Something’s been bugging me lately. I’ve seen it said in otherwise intelligent blogs. I’ve seen it crop up more and more in resumes and job ads, to the point where it becomes something you have to say if you even want to be looked at, a piece of mindless dross taking up space on the paper or screen. I’ve seen it from managers who thought that it was an excuse to offer subaverage pay and conditions and demand unreasonable things from employees. I’ve seen it from people who should know better talking about how to educate and train engineers and programmers. I’ve been meaning to post about it for a while, but this post in It’s Common Sense, Stupid was the bit that finally got me to blog about it. It’s rather a dirty thing to say, in fact in some circles it could be positively career-damaging, but I don’t think much of those circles anyway and I think it needs saying, so here goes.
Comments
John_Idol replied ago:
common sense, rings any bell?
me.yahoo.com/chriskes replied ago:
I don't think passion means what you think it means. All the things you say in your article about being a professional are true, but I also want someone passionate. I don't want a doctor that isn't passionate about caring for their patients. I don't want to be a number where he's not concerned if I'm that 5% that die from a complication. I want people the aren't just professional, but also where what they do is part of who they are. They program, build cars, treat patients, etc, because it's what they really enjoy doing.
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