"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, write a sonnet, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein
I am overspecialized. I don't remember where I found this, but thought enough of it to tack it to my desktop. It's been there for ages. Why don't I know how to plan an invasion? Or kill my own swine?
Out of the 15 items listed I can comfortably cross off seven, with two or three ambiguous areas. I feel overspecialized when forced to pick categegory groupings that describe my professional experience. cough, Monster.com. bleh. (But I really don't see how pitching manure is supposed to help me.)
posted by irene @ 10/21/2002 02:24:00 PM
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