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haas:spring2021:common:collaboration [2021/02/03 13:19] – [Rules for Success] wedgehaas:spring2021:common:collaboration [2021/02/03 13:23] (current) – [Pet Peeves] wedge
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   * the eager, often surface-only desire to destroy things (especially with no desire to understand the why behind it all)   * the eager, often surface-only desire to destroy things (especially with no desire to understand the why behind it all)
-  * the notion that 'old', 'older', or 'different', especially in terms of technology, is somehow bad (there are plenty of useful things to learn, for the patterns will often remanifest in future technologies down the road)+  * the notion that 'old', 'unpopular', 'uncomfortable', or 'different', especially in terms of technology or experiences, is somehow bad (there are plenty of useful things to learn, for the patterns will often remanifest in future technologies down the road)
   * apologizing: "sorry I had to ask a question", "sorry I misunderstood", "sorry I failed to do that action"; I WANT people to ask questions. Questions are based on not fully understanding something. And if your actions come up short, apologies only serve to highlight the deficiency. The best solution: to fix it and not keep repeating the same mistake. There may be things worthy of apologizing for. For most incidents of apology I encounter related to classes, such is irrelevant. If you feel you are in the wrong for asking a question, you're doing this whole learning thing wrong.   * apologizing: "sorry I had to ask a question", "sorry I misunderstood", "sorry I failed to do that action"; I WANT people to ask questions. Questions are based on not fully understanding something. And if your actions come up short, apologies only serve to highlight the deficiency. The best solution: to fix it and not keep repeating the same mistake. There may be things worthy of apologizing for. For most incidents of apology I encounter related to classes, such is irrelevant. If you feel you are in the wrong for asking a question, you're doing this whole learning thing wrong.
   * overhelping "the weakest link"; a somewhat modern trend, where I see woefully unprepared/unready individuals overly assisted through the course (where the intent is to save them from failing). This is but a short-term perspective, contributing to their long-term failure.   * overhelping "the weakest link"; a somewhat modern trend, where I see woefully unprepared/unready individuals overly assisted through the course (where the intent is to save them from failing). This is but a short-term perspective, contributing to their long-term failure.
   * opting out of things that seem overwhelming, yet somehow expecting things will get better as time goes on.   * opting out of things that seem overwhelming, yet somehow expecting things will get better as time goes on.
   * the desire to impress me-- impressing comes by being impressive, not selling an act to me (in short, don't try to impress me, just do you best work)   * the desire to impress me-- impressing comes by being impressive, not selling an act to me (in short, don't try to impress me, just do you best work)
-  * avoiding developing/strengthening your own memory and recall, and relying on others (including the instructor) to be your memory.+  * avoiding the developing/strengthening your own memory and recall, and relying on others (including the instructor) to be your memory.
   * the obsession over and recitation of hardware specs-- this has nothing to do with computing, yet many mistakenly believe it to be such (a small aspect of IT and an occasionally fun hobby? sure.)   * the obsession over and recitation of hardware specs-- this has nothing to do with computing, yet many mistakenly believe it to be such (a small aspect of IT and an occasionally fun hobby? sure.)
   * the compensation for lack of knowledge by clinging tightly to (perceived) known knowledge-- I expect everyone not to know things; knowing we don't know enables us to learn.   * the compensation for lack of knowledge by clinging tightly to (perceived) known knowledge-- I expect everyone not to know things; knowing we don't know enables us to learn.
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   * the absolute belief that if I say something then it is the truth (same for the inverse, converse, contrapositive, etc.)-- being open-minded and questioning is one of the greatest abilities we can have. Society trains you to be compliant with external authority at the expense of your own; to be educated and intelligent, in part, means you have cultivated your own self-authority so you can make your own decisions.   * the absolute belief that if I say something then it is the truth (same for the inverse, converse, contrapositive, etc.)-- being open-minded and questioning is one of the greatest abilities we can have. Society trains you to be compliant with external authority at the expense of your own; to be educated and intelligent, in part, means you have cultivated your own self-authority so you can make your own decisions.
   * the impression that if you say something frequently or confidently enough, then it must be true, and that you are an expert that should be believed, followed, and unquestioned.   * the impression that if you say something frequently or confidently enough, then it must be true, and that you are an expert that should be believed, followed, and unquestioned.
-  * the tendency to brute force through something instead of trying to think or learn new approaches-- memorizing and regurgitation will often not work out in your favor here (or greatly annoy me).+  * the tendency to brute force through something instead of trying to think or learn new approaches-- memorizing and regurgitation will often not work out in your favour here (or greatly annoy me).
   * trying to add me to your "LinkedIn" network; I delete these e-mails without even reading them (nothing personal, I just do not use LinkedIn).   * trying to add me to your "LinkedIn" network; I delete these e-mails without even reading them (nothing personal, I just do not use LinkedIn).
  
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