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- From: jerbil@ultra.com (Joseph Beckenbach {Adapter Software Release Engr})
- Subject: Re: Will we keep ignoring this productivity issue?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.182839.20445@ultra.com>
- Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
- References: <Bxvq7z.DKs@cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov19.032216.20549@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 18:28:39 GMT
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- In his article, ghm@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au (Geoff Miller) writes:
-
- >Sure, you can teach people to do
- >something well, but there is a difference between "good" and
- >"great". You can teach someone to play the trumpet - can
- >you teach them to improvise like Miles Davis?
-
- The answer is "yes", though by that time you're already high up in
- that top 10% -- and it'd be time to learn directly from Miles Davis. Exactly
- as you point out later, practice and hard work are necessary but not sufficient
- for this "greatness". This is as true in our fields of endeavor as for any of
- the others in this world.
-
- Joseph Beckenbach
- toolsmith and releaser
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- Joseph Beckenbach jerbil@ultra.com 408-922-0600 x246
- (speaking from, but not for, Ultra Network Technologies)
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