I confess I just didn't read this - 'core competencies' came up on my watch list as almost surely spam.
And if typing speed is more relevant than thinking depth then I probably made the right decision in that Gladwell blink moment.
In another recent HN post, several people had a similar reaction to "shop" as in 'work for a great ruby shop'...
Heres a partial list of non-sequiturs -
six sigma
isoN000{0}
skillset
core competencies
coder
java [ contentious, I know, C++ is borderline ]
loc - lines of code
metrics / kpis
candidate
coordinate
role
leadership
deliverables
Competency is particularly insidious - being merely competent rules out any kind of real craftsmanship, or "Xen and the art of Motorcycle maintenance" connection to the thing your doing. If your competent, you've checked a box, and thats the wrong reason to do anything.
And if typing speed is more relevant than thinking depth then I probably made the right decision in that Gladwell blink moment.
In another recent HN post, several people had a similar reaction to "shop" as in 'work for a great ruby shop'...
Heres a partial list of non-sequiturs - six sigma isoN000{0} skillset core competencies coder java [ contentious, I know, C++ is borderline ] loc - lines of code metrics / kpis candidate coordinate role leadership deliverables
Competency is particularly insidious - being merely competent rules out any kind of real craftsmanship, or "Xen and the art of Motorcycle maintenance" connection to the thing your doing. If your competent, you've checked a box, and thats the wrong reason to do anything.
Am I overreacting?