Subj : Re: Are programmers like this in the real world?
To   : comp.programming
From : Charles Richmond
Date : Thu Jul 28 2005 03:31 am

"bhoover@wecs.com" wrote:
> 
> Charles Richmond wrote:
> > I would agree that a job (if *not* a programming job) will always be
> > there for someone with the three attributes you mention above. But I
> > do *not* think that most who excel in programming...also have great
> > people skills.
> 
> People skills.  /sarcasm/  Love that view that people, relationships --
> business, or otherwise -- is a "skill".  Step back, and look at with a
> bit of objectivity, and the proposition is really rather sociopathic.
> 
When I went to school, there were "loners" who concentrated on technical
things and pretty much kept to themselves. These folks had poor social
and "people" skills. This is *not* odd IMHO.

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