Comments on: Technical Ability is No Guarantee of Success http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2009/06/technical-ability-is-no-guarantee-of-success.html Hiring technical people and being hired can be difficult, no matter what the economy is doing. Use the tips here to hire better, or find a new job. Thu, 17 May 2012 14:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jaky Astik http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2009/06/technical-ability-is-no-guarantee-of-success.html/comment-page-1#comment-5329 Jaky Astik Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:10:45 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=824#comment-5329 Technical ability can never be counted as a success factor after all. Just look at Henry Ford and his technical abilities. He was more a managerial than technical. That's what <a href="http://businessfrog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">strategic management </a>is! Technical ability can never be counted as a success factor after all. Just look at Henry Ford and his technical abilities. He was more a managerial than technical. That’s what strategic management is!

]]> By: Will at Virtualjobcoach http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2009/06/technical-ability-is-no-guarantee-of-success.html/comment-page-1#comment-5327 Will at Virtualjobcoach Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:12:52 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=824#comment-5327 >You can still be successful technically if you’re not superb at these interpersonal skills. But you can’t manage anything well unless you master enough of these (and other interpersonal) skills. What about Bill Gates? He seemed to be able to manage some very big things while not having great interpersonal skills. His famous line when I was at Microsoft was "that's the stupidest f*cking thing I have ever heard." >You can still be successful technically if you’re not superb at these interpersonal skills. But you can’t manage anything well unless you master enough of these (and other interpersonal) skills.

What about Bill Gates? He seemed to be able to manage some very big things while not having great interpersonal skills. His famous line when I was at Microsoft was “that’s the stupidest f*cking thing I have ever heard.”

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