I have a personal desire and drive for service. Yes, you saw in my previous posts that I was a Boy Scout and that I'm also a volunteer firefighter. Those are aspects of the same internal drive that pushes me personally and professionally. I like helping other people to get things done that they want to do.
Professionally, I have always been the intermediary between the end-users and the geeks. Whether that was between the new users to the Internet back in the early 90's, or later in my life between the doctors and the computer systems they needed for record keeping and billing, or today between the life scientists and the complex systems that they have to use - I have always been the middle-man translator.
I understand other people. I *get it* when they *don't* get it. I can figure out the technical - or computer - or geek perspective and turn it around and help the non-geek understand it in ways they couldn't before. I know how much to explain and when to stop. Am I some kind of genius? I don't think so. I just have this natural ability to bridge the gap. I enjoy doing it - because I get so much back from those non-geeks - they really appreciate what I do.
The geeks like it, too. They like getting clear, concise requirements from the end-user that they can use to go "build it" - whatever "it" might be. They don't have time to spend with the user explaining all of the details of how stuff works. The geeks are too impatient.
So, there's my drive - being the bridge that connects two different groups - the geeks and the non-geeks - the users and the implementers - the techies and the technophobes. They all come to me and I help them work together.
Ok, so that was a bit cheesy. Sorry. :)
Professionally, I have always been the intermediary between the end-users and the geeks. Whether that was between the new users to the Internet back in the early 90's, or later in my life between the doctors and the computer systems they needed for record keeping and billing, or today between the life scientists and the complex systems that they have to use - I have always been the middle-man translator.
I understand other people. I *get it* when they *don't* get it. I can figure out the technical - or computer - or geek perspective and turn it around and help the non-geek understand it in ways they couldn't before. I know how much to explain and when to stop. Am I some kind of genius? I don't think so. I just have this natural ability to bridge the gap. I enjoy doing it - because I get so much back from those non-geeks - they really appreciate what I do.
The geeks like it, too. They like getting clear, concise requirements from the end-user that they can use to go "build it" - whatever "it" might be. They don't have time to spend with the user explaining all of the details of how stuff works. The geeks are too impatient.
So, there's my drive - being the bridge that connects two different groups - the geeks and the non-geeks - the users and the implementers - the techies and the technophobes. They all come to me and I help them work together.
Ok, so that was a bit cheesy. Sorry. :)
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