"In the summer of 1979, while attending a philosophy meeting in Pittsburgh…"
Too many people in the tech industry get tunnel vision and think that they should only focus on learning one thing. One discipline. One science. It becomes one truth. One religion.
The true "smartest people in the room" are the ones who are well-rounded in a lot of disciplines and able to apply knowledge from one to another.
The smartest people I know – whether they work at NASA, USC, or BNY Mellon – all started out in fields other than the one they ended up in, and bring a diversity of knowledge to what they do every day.
Too many people in the tech industry get tunnel vision and think that they should only focus on learning one thing. One discipline. One science. It becomes one truth. One religion.
The true "smartest people in the room" are the ones who are well-rounded in a lot of disciplines and able to apply knowledge from one to another.
The smartest people I know – whether they work at NASA, USC, or BNY Mellon – all started out in fields other than the one they ended up in, and bring a diversity of knowledge to what they do every day.