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I Guess Basic Business Etiquette has Changed and I am an IDIOT
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 518071" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Star, I understand what you are saying. But my husband is a TEACHER right now and is moving to another TEACHING position. One where he stands there and teaches PEOPLE how to make computers do what they want. His true gift is that he is GREAT at making people understand computers and computers understand what people want, and that he is an incredible teacher esp of techie stuff. EVERY job he has had has been gotten because of his PEOPLE skills, that he is great with the laboratory stuff (before he went into computers he ran a lab that did EPA testing) and with computer stuff and with helping people understand that stuff - both employees and clients and students. He is also an amazing motivator - the one who keeps the morale up so the worker bees get more done. He worked at a Superfund site and kept the job as long as he did through TONS of cutbacks because his team was always happy and laughing and had higher production because it - and this was because he looks on the bright side and jokes and is gifted at that. </p><p></p><p>He was HIRED by the co he is leaving because of how he works with people and by the co he is going to because of his teaching skills and skills with PEOPLE, and his love of learning new things. </p><p></p><p>MOST of the things that got him noticed and hired in the last decade were because I pushed him to do the personal stuff - a thank you note got him the job with the computer co that was really good until the econ crashed. Then connections he made there and me pushing him to ask his advisor, profs, family friends to help got him the first teaching job and now this second one too. So it blows my mind that suddenly after he KNOWS that those thing I pushed him to do were WHY he got the jobs, now I am an IDIOT who needs to go get a job before I tell him to talk to anyone about anything. He knows those things are the WHY because his bosses have TOLD him that!!!!! </p><p></p><p>I had cut back on any suggestions and now I am done making them. he can fumble around on his own for a hwile and then he can ASK why things keep not going well before I offer to help him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 518071, member: 1233"] Star, I understand what you are saying. But my husband is a TEACHER right now and is moving to another TEACHING position. One where he stands there and teaches PEOPLE how to make computers do what they want. His true gift is that he is GREAT at making people understand computers and computers understand what people want, and that he is an incredible teacher esp of techie stuff. EVERY job he has had has been gotten because of his PEOPLE skills, that he is great with the laboratory stuff (before he went into computers he ran a lab that did EPA testing) and with computer stuff and with helping people understand that stuff - both employees and clients and students. He is also an amazing motivator - the one who keeps the morale up so the worker bees get more done. He worked at a Superfund site and kept the job as long as he did through TONS of cutbacks because his team was always happy and laughing and had higher production because it - and this was because he looks on the bright side and jokes and is gifted at that. He was HIRED by the co he is leaving because of how he works with people and by the co he is going to because of his teaching skills and skills with PEOPLE, and his love of learning new things. MOST of the things that got him noticed and hired in the last decade were because I pushed him to do the personal stuff - a thank you note got him the job with the computer co that was really good until the econ crashed. Then connections he made there and me pushing him to ask his advisor, profs, family friends to help got him the first teaching job and now this second one too. So it blows my mind that suddenly after he KNOWS that those thing I pushed him to do were WHY he got the jobs, now I am an IDIOT who needs to go get a job before I tell him to talk to anyone about anything. He knows those things are the WHY because his bosses have TOLD him that!!!!! I had cut back on any suggestions and now I am done making them. he can fumble around on his own for a hwile and then he can ASK why things keep not going well before I offer to help him. [/QUOTE]
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