I've always felt like an unappreciated polymath, So this kind of project fluidity while feeling natural to me, is something I'm used to having people complain about.
To be honest. Im also feeling like i may be under funded for this project. Its promising however as my business partner works on his side I feel more and more like i should be focusing full time 9-5 on this project and i cant because its unfunded till one of these interested parties (who are very eager, just annoyingly cautious) commits & writes a cheque. Such is business i suppose. These are the sacrifices we make chasing those elusive millions i suppose. Regards Samuel Bishop On 11/06/2009, at 9:09 PM, AB wrote: > > I'd suggest there's a way to have your cake and eat it, too... > > Over my career, I've relished the opportunities I've had to tackle/ > integrate 'side projects' into my mainstream consulting business - to > the point where now my core speciality is in being able *to* integrate > multiple disciplines for the one client. > > In my experience, it's not much fun for a client trying to manage lots > of specialist personnel, so my offering is in being a translator/ > integrator/single point of contact for a range of business/marketing/ > dev/design consulting. > > And that's simply come about from taking on diverse projects over > time, only to realize that the projects weren't really all that > diverse - the core skills are always the same: technical proficiency, > creative problem solving, and effective communication. > > So I'd take the side contracts (makes the bank manager happier!) but > also realize that the underlying skills and points-of-view you learn > might be even more valuable longer-term. > > Go look up the term 'polymath' on wikipedia, and consider if any of > the people listed ever worried about losing focus in their careers :) > > I'll get off my high horse now - sometimes the flame wars between > specialists and generalists is as bad as as your Mac vs PCs debate! At > least you're doing some proactive navel gazing, which is a good thing > to do once or twice every year! > > AB > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/99938a0fbc691eeb To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
