Comments on: What I Do http://www.simpleprop.com/2007/04/26/what-i-do/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brother Mark http://www.simpleprop.com/2007/04/26/what-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-2081 Brother Mark Mon, 14 May 2007 21:31:55 +0000 http://www.simpleprop.com/2007/04/26/what-i-do/#comment-2081 I love "human router." You should copyright that phrase and market it. While I admit from our past conversations "Professional BabySitter" might be the more accurate term, I'm proud to refer to you as an HR anyday. Did I also mention "Excellent Brother" or about you being a gifted "Parent Situation Dealer?" I love “human router.” You should copyright that phrase and market it. While I admit from our past conversations “Professional BabySitter” might be the more accurate term, I’m proud to refer to you as an HR anyday.
Did I also mention “Excellent Brother” or about you being a gifted “Parent Situation Dealer?”

]]> By: anderswa http://www.simpleprop.com/2007/04/26/what-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 anderswa Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:47:10 +0000 http://www.simpleprop.com/2007/04/26/what-i-do/#comment-1893 Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people? Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don’t have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can’t you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

]]> By: monkey http://www.simpleprop.com/2007/04/26/what-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 monkey Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:31:50 +0000 http://www.simpleprop.com/2007/04/26/what-i-do/#comment-1890 One of the stock suggestions for grad-students/post-docs/scientists (especially if they're on the job market) is to develop an "elevator-ride" description of their research/work. The idea is to imagine you've stepped into an elevator with a colleague/interviewer/stranger/expert/ignoramus and give them a description of what it is you do -- the catch being it needs to be accurate, understandable, reasonably complete, and wrap up before either of you gets to your stop -- say 20 seconds. Daunting. But a great exercise, and it comes in really handy if you develop a good answer. Trying to boil that down to a two-word title is... interesting, and frequently brings you right back to the beginning (so what is that, exactly?...). Before hitting industry, I had no idea what a "project manager" was. Now, I understand that some are "glorified admins" but the really good ones are "human routers" (good phrase!). Of course, referring to yourself as a Pro Babysitter could open you up to even less pleasant after-hours tasks than "fix my computer"... One of the stock suggestions for grad-students/post-docs/scientists (especially if they’re on the job market) is to develop an “elevator-ride” description of their research/work. The idea is to imagine you’ve stepped into an elevator with a colleague/interviewer/stranger/expert/ignoramus and give them a description of what it is you do — the catch being it needs to be accurate, understandable, reasonably complete, and wrap up before either of you gets to your stop — say 20 seconds. Daunting. But a great exercise, and it comes in really handy if you develop a good answer.

Trying to boil that down to a two-word title is… interesting, and frequently brings you right back to the beginning (so what is that, exactly?…). Before hitting industry, I had no idea what a “project manager” was. Now, I understand that some are “glorified admins” but the really good ones are “human routers” (good phrase!).

Of course, referring to yourself as a Pro Babysitter could open you up to even less pleasant after-hours tasks than “fix my computer”…

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