technical and social skills

Belias

sometimes a guy with ( no technical experience , but social skills) may win over a guy with a superb technical skills with no social experience

Forgive my English skills , but i hope that you understand me , don't you think so guys ? .

Calabi

Not if the tech guy has a gun.

Super

Whats this got to do with anything? You could ask this question for any industry... hell, any life situation. Bizarre topic.

Who wins!? YOU DECIDE.

ChrisG

Not if the tech guy has a massive penis.

Zotter

That's the way it seems, but in the short run the guy may get the job but will quickly drown in the weeks after if he doesn't have the skills to back it up. If someone is a god of modeling but doesn't get out there and talk with others or post his stuff for others to see, no one will know he exists.

Now of course this is all I hear from my teachers and what I've seen when I go to developer gatherings. I don't have a job yet so I can't say for sure, but this is something I'm tackling too, been working so far on just the art, now's the time to learn to talk >.<

edit: I guess the massive penis could work too ;p

low odor

You need both

Mark Dygert

Option C, the guy with charisma and talent. Why settle for someone who is deficient in one or two categories. If you're going to take the time to interview people might as well find the right candidate that has it all. Seems kind of pointless to settle for broken merchandise.

Gav

Vig wrote: »

Option C, the guy with charisma and talent. Why settle for someone who is deficient in one or two categories. If you're going to take the time to interview people might as well find the right candidate that has it all. Seems kind of pointless to settle for broken merchandise.

In other words, be like b1ll. Charming, talented....sigh.

Del

~ Sometimes a women might be beautiful and gentle but in the hotel room you find out she happens to have a have a huge penis.

Belias

but in the short run the guy may get the job but will quickly drown in the weeks after if he doesn't have the skills to back it up

Good Point .

Isaiah Sherman

I believe that's the purpose of an interview. The reason an company pulls you in to an interview is because they like your work, so the interview is to see if they'd like to have you on the team and the quality of person you are.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

coldkodiak

if you're worried about a deficit in either area, work on it.

Nothing is too difficult to overcome.

Sage

so if you don't have people skills get a huge penis... what???

You need both, getting both is easier said than done.

JasonLavoie

I pose another question... would you give your huge penis away for these social skills, or would you keep your huge penis and be socially awkward?

I ask myself this question everyday... least I'm not socially awkward... sigh

Ride

Altho, why would a kickass 3D monkey need any social skills as long as he shuts up, sits behind his computer and does his job?

aesir

Ride wrote: »

Altho, why would a kickass 3D monkey need any social skills as long as he shuts up, sits behind his computer and does his job?

if you ever work with assholes or just really anti social people, you'll understand.

[Deleted User]

You can't control other people's skills, social or technical. If you get caught up in what everyone else might be doing to look good, it'll lead to a mindset of just trying to be less mediocre than the next guy. What you ought to be doing is making yourself excellent.

Mark Dygert

Gav wrote: »

In other words, be like b1ll. Charming, talented....sigh.

heh yea /swoon

When you're the goose that lays the golden eggs, no one cares what comes out of your face. b1ll could smoke baby seals instead of after dinner cigars and I'd be perfectly fine with it.

greenj2

For getting a technical job, of course your technical skills are the most important thing, they make you eligible for the job in the first place. Your social skills are life skills, they affect your experiences during the 9-5 job and outside of it, so in that sense they're even more crucial to your general wellbeing.

Vig's right, I think most employers want the best of both worlds and sadly, very few people are equipped with golden-egg-laying vaginas. Nobody likes dealing with social retards, or know-it-all morons who rely on others to carry their workload. Though there are always a few of them in every studio...

rolfness

Vig wrote: »

heh yea /swoon

When you're the goose that lays the golden eggs, no one cares what comes out of your face. b1ll could smoke baby seals instead of after dinner cigars and I'd be perfectly fine with it.

lol

ChrisG

Dreamer wrote: »

~ Sometimes a women might be beautiful and gentle but in the hotel room you find out she happens to have a have a huge penis.

This is relevant to my interests.

crazyfingers

The gentle dude with the tits is getting the job before you too. Now we have a line forming that you really don't want to be in front of.

b1ll

lol Mmm... baby seals hey?