{"id":2049,"date":"2015-06-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2021-03-07T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T14:56:50","slug":"average-at-everything-good-at-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/average-at-everything-good-at-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Being average at everything and good at nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/i-can-breathe.png?resize=381%2C242\" alt=\"i can breathe\" width=\"381\" height=\"242\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2162\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>EDIT: My new book <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/purpose\">Purpose<\/a> might help you.<\/p>\n<p>When I was at university I was introduced to the best minds in the area and I had the privilege of working with a few. I noticed that, on average, each one was really great on a specific area or skill. There were <strong>&#8220;the Specialists&#8221;<\/strong>, amazing at a specific field like algorithms, web stack, data mining, databases. There were <strong>&#8220;the Linguistics&#8221;<\/strong>, outstanding at a specific programming language like Javascript, C, PHP, Ruby. And then there were <strong>&#8220;the MacGyvers&#8221;<\/strong>, that just seemed to solve any problem, no matter the field, language or complexity. I find it reassuring to work with these people since they provided the guidance I sometimes require.<\/p>\n<p>But I don&#8217;t consider I fit any of these profiles.<\/p>\n<p>When people say I&#8217;m intelligent I thank but doubt they ever got to know any of these geniuses. I think what they really want to say is that I&#8217;m &#8220;emotionally intelligent&#8221;&#8230; but that&#8217;s an awkward thing to say in a conversation. In my view, that&#8217;s not really a skill, that&#8217;s just being human. However, for technological companies, <strong>being a human is becoming a skill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We know that the demand for software engineers and programmers is high and growing. Curiously, it&#8217;s also increasing the number of times I hear recruiters comment about the candidates:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He&#8217;s not the best programmer we ever saw. He&#8217;s actually an average coder that talks and behaves like a human. He&#8217;s someone we can have a conversation and take to a business meeting without feeling embarassed. And that&#8217;s why we hired him: unicorns are precious.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing wrong with you, it&#8217;s just a matter of &#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Point of view<\/h3>\n<p>I find myself commenting my work with others and saying things like <em>&#8220;Well it&#8217;s not perfect and it wasn&#8217;t that hard&#8221;<\/em> usually followed by a <em>&#8220;Probably you could have done it in half the time&#8221;<\/em>. A friend that I deeply respect and admire once told me, reasonably fed up with all this modesty bullsh*t:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>You&#8217;re too modest, stop it! It doesn&#8217;t serve you in any way. Yes, I could have done it too, but differently and probably not as good as you did. You did great, so stop being unfair with your work. <cite>Andr\u00e9 Louren\u00e7o<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Life proved me he was right.<\/strong> Not long ago I had to delegate a task to an intern with more work\/coding experience than I. 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