Comments on: What is Your Biggest Weakness? http://facility9.com/2009/12/09/what-is-your-biggest-weakness Jeremiah Peschka's ruminations on sql, ruby, c#, and other things Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:05:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Walsh http://facility9.com/2009/12/09/what-is-your-biggest-weakness#comment-974 Mike Walsh Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:51:17 +0000 http://facility9.com/?p=1230#comment-974 We share this "weakness" - "As for my second flaw: if I’m going to do something and do it well, I’m also going to study that subject as if it were an academic subject. If I’m going to do it and I’m going to do it well, I’m going to understand why I’m doing it, how it works under the hood, and why it works that way. I will pursue the academic theory behind a subject thoroughly, sometimes far more than is necessary." It's a strength at times (you get to be so much more knowledgeable about a subject, the how and why behind it and make better decisions as a result). The downside is you may spend more of your precious personal time learning something. I call it being a "reductionist". I want to know the how and why to many nested levels. When I was studying to be a Paramedic I was told that I focused on too much detail when asking some questions and that if I kept that up, I would do worse in my studies because I'd lose the point. Turns out he was right in one way, I did spend more time studying "useless" knowledge but by going deeper, I had a better grasp for just what was happening inside the body during different situations. I understood in more depth the normal processes to better understand abnormal... At work it can be a plague but I don't know, man.. Is it a weakness? Maybe a lack of trust for the surface knowledge? Even still I see it as a strength (when properly restrained and used) We share this “weakness” – “As for my second flaw: if I’m going to do something and do it well, I’m also going to study that subject as if it were an academic subject. If I’m going to do it and I’m going to do it well, I’m going to understand why I’m doing it, how it works under the hood, and why it works that way. I will pursue the academic theory behind a subject thoroughly, sometimes far more than is necessary.”

It’s a strength at times (you get to be so much more knowledgeable about a subject, the how and why behind it and make better decisions as a result). The downside is you may spend more of your precious personal time learning something. I call it being a “reductionist”. I want to know the how and why to many nested levels. When I was studying to be a Paramedic I was told that I focused on too much detail when asking some questions and that if I kept that up, I would do worse in my studies because I’d lose the point. Turns out he was right in one way, I did spend more time studying “useless” knowledge but by going deeper, I had a better grasp for just what was happening inside the body during different situations. I understood in more depth the normal processes to better understand abnormal… At work it can be a plague but I don’t know, man.. Is it a weakness? Maybe a lack of trust for the surface knowledge? Even still I see it as a strength (when properly restrained and used)

]]> By: weakness | ihumanable http://facility9.com/2009/12/09/what-is-your-biggest-weakness#comment-970 weakness | ihumanable Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:42:45 +0000 http://facility9.com/?p=1230#comment-970 [...] today’s post will be all about the question ‘What is Your Biggest Weakness?’ Jeremiah Peschka threw down the challenge at me, the challenge coming to him by way of Brent Ozar who himself was [...] [...] today’s post will be all about the question ‘What is Your Biggest Weakness?’ Jeremiah Peschka threw down the challenge at me, the challenge coming to him by way of Brent Ozar who himself was [...]

]]> By: Dave Schutz http://facility9.com/2009/12/09/what-is-your-biggest-weakness#comment-968 Dave Schutz Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:56:48 +0000 http://facility9.com/?p=1230#comment-968 I'd say the second 'flaw' is not really a flaw at all. It's what make you so smart. I’d say the second ‘flaw’ is not really a flaw at all. It’s what make you so smart.

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