On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Niall Litchfield < niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm with the hiring manager. I'd rather have people in my team that could > work sensibly and professionally with the other members of my team, than a > technical star who wound everybody, both in the team and customers, up. > Technical skills - as opposed to aptitude can be trained and usually > justified fairly straightforwardly. Inter-personal skills are a whole > different ball game. > I agree with this 100%. I can teach somebody how databases and clusters work but I can't teach them to be teachable. And no matter how smart someone is, there's always new technology and more to learn. Every single one of us is in process - still growing - throughout our entire careers. I don't mind someone a little earlier on the path - provided that they're moving down it and not standing still. -- Jeremy Schneider Chicago, IL http://www.ardentperf.com/category/technical