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Societal type of question
"Think of the most successful person you know personally in your field. If you had to attribute their position to one primary edge over their peers, which of these was it?"
A) Exceptional raw talent or intellectual capability
B) Unusually high stamina and willingness to work long hours
C) Great interpersonal instinct and emotional intelligence
D) Being in the right place at the right time with the right background
Choosing just one is a recommendation
Within cells interlinked
C
But I work in mental health/higher education/social work.
And what I consider "successful" is not necessarily the most "famous" or "wealthiest"
Idk what "within cells interlinked" means... Which makes this feel like I'm answering someone's homework.
I thought of it as a Blade Runner reference
You cannot say "Blade Runner" and then link to 2049 like those are the same thing.
I still don't get the reference, just that it is one. ┐(´ー｀)┌
Can’t say I’m entirely sure either. I didn’t understand it in the film either.
I understood it as an emotional response test, he was being asked emotional questions, expected to give non-emotional responses, and to repeat the final statement to test his resolve, memory, and stability (comparing his responses to his previous known baseline mental state).
Edit: this is a pretty decent explanation that is in the same realm.
Oh, that's helpful, but... Less clear on why it's here.
It still reads like an essay prompt or something... Unless the reference is because it was written by a
machinereplicantThe implication is that the answer we give should be neutral and objective and without emotional bias.
But really I think OP just came up with the question, noticed that it reminded them of the replicant test in Blade Runner, then ran along with it free-association style. That's something I'd do at least.
I live to associate memes into my life and everyday conversation.
If that implication worked for you, bonus points. (I don't believe in that as an ideal) The question is in quotes and something about it twinges that part of my brain. Who can say!
written by a
machine replicantobvious human.Of course, who isn't one of those?
Bingo
For the person I’m thinking of all apply. But I think A is their strongest.
The exact same answer for me.
...i get hung up defining 'success' but i carry three decades of contempt for my profession; i don't begrudge folks their passion but i certainly don't share it...
This is the realest thing anyone here is going to say.
D, guy with a phd in machine learning works on my companies AI product.
Like, he also does just have raw talent, but lots of people got lots of really advanced degrees on raw talent and this dude is set for life because his raw talent is AI in the 2020s
I’ve worked in a number of fields and while there are some in which I haven’t been able to evaluate for A and a handful where C wins, generally speaking D wins. You generally can’t even get into the lowest rung in many places without being in the right place with the right background at the right time. Life is basically a cruel joke in that way and the economy is God laughing at us.
Does “who you know” fall under D?
I barely know anybody in my field — really just my current coworkers and a few former coworkers, which totals to under ten people. I'd say three of us are tied for being the most successful (in terms of things like promotions and how much we 'own' the projects that the rest of the team puts out).
The other two are firmly A, while I'm probably mostly D, since this job just kind of fell into my lap when my partner idly mentioned to a friend (one of the two A people) that I was thinking about a career change. She got me the job and taught me everything she knew, and then I got promoted into her role when she left.
I feel like D is basically every thing ever happening for everyone "successful", someone else had to decide their success, be it boss, elder, village shaman, customers, etc.
A. Exceptional raw talent or intellectual capabilities. Within cells interlinked.
C. I work for a nonprofit. Most of my work deals with the public and relationships building with numerous of stakeholders. And we have to worry how local politics plays in.
And little bit of D. Having the right background, and knowing how to walk the walk and talk the talk goes a long way. I would largely say, D opens doors, C keeps the doors open.
Definitely A.