By BSEE, do you mean Bachelor in Science in Electrical Engineering? On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:32:20 -0700 > > >3) I learned about the Hedgehog concept at almost 50. I wish I would > >have learned about it earlier. > > If you're like me and didn't know what the Hedgehog concept is, see > this: > > https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/the-hedgehog-concept.html > > On the Venn diagram, "best in the world" is a gross oversimplification. > I *might* be the best in the world at describing the mindset and > process of troubleshooting, but there are probably 100 competitors > right there up with me. I might have even taught some of them. I'm > nowhere near the world's best at anything else, and have a hunch few > other people are the world's best at anything. I wish he'd said "damn > good" instead of "best in the world". > > Other than that, the concept is right on target. I'll bet Jim Collins' > book tells you *how* to find such a profession, because unlike the > concept itself, how to achieve the concept isn't at all obvious. > > True story: I loved bicycles, especially Schwinn bicycles, riding > bicyles, all things bicycles, and thought bicycles were the key to > improving the world. In a lot of ways, I still do. Anyway, in 1974 > after graduating college, I called the Schwinn company, telling them > about my passion for bicycles and my engineering degree. The guy on the > phone, probably some underpaid HR dweeb, said "you sound like a jobless > BSEE who's desperate". > > Schwinn really blew it. I would have been a real asset to them. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > > http://444domains.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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