technical and social skills

Belias · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

Not if the tech guy has a gun.

Super · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

Not if the tech guy has a massive penis.

Zotter · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

You need both

Mark Dygert · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

~ 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 · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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

Nothing is too difficult to overcome.

Sage · Aug 2009

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

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

JasonLavoie · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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] · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

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 · Aug 2009

lol Mmm... baby seals hey?

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