I think one of the greatest things about mentors is when they tell you "things haven't always been this way, this is how they developed" - because when I admire someone I always seem to think that they popped out fully formed, without having a grasp of all the ways they've worked and changed to become what they are. It gives me hope that I'm not doomed.
Anyway, as far as you being 30 and having potential...darling the other option is to be 30 and be done with having potential. I'm sure there are plenty, I would venture say a lot more than you realize, of young'uns who look up to you - but you aren't being led by them, you aren't mentioning discussions with them - if you did I bet they'd have a very different view of you. Someday we are all going to have no one above us (well, for practical purposes, you know what I mean) and I'm not looking forward to that.
PS. Ha, like I'm going to let you get away with I keep realizing that although I'm nothing special as a programmer and analytic thinker...puhlease - has going to MIT and returning to the world at large taught you nothing? You may not be the very top person you've ever met in the field, but you ARE something special in the grand scheme of things - have you SEEN the average developer's work?
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Date: 2006-06-29 12:17 pm (UTC)Anyway, as far as you being 30 and having potential...darling the other option is to be 30 and be done with having potential. I'm sure there are plenty, I would venture say a lot more than you realize, of young'uns who look up to you - but you aren't being led by them, you aren't mentioning discussions with them - if you did I bet they'd have a very different view of you. Someday we are all going to have no one above us (well, for practical purposes, you know what I mean) and I'm not looking forward to that.
PS. Ha, like I'm going to let you get away with I keep realizing that although I'm nothing special as a programmer and analytic thinker...puhlease - has going to MIT and returning to the world at large taught you nothing? You may not be the very top person you've ever met in the field, but you ARE something special in the grand scheme of things - have you SEEN the average developer's work?