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		warkdarrior on June 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Developers can't fix bad management (2020) How are abstraction and persuasion "equal and opposite"? They seem to be completely orthogonal activities.

jpseawell on June 11, 2021 [–]

My idea is that the skills required to build things are at odds with the traits/skills required to persuade.

My cherry picked list:

Building: honesty, introversion, reason Selling: charisma, extroversion, empathy

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