[AccessD] It kinds of describes us all

Not really, John.  The difference is that the "new man" reinvents
himself as something he never really intends to become, while we really
reinvent ourselves and become what is needed.  That is not the intent of
the "new man."  His (or her) intent is to be an expert (a la Robert
Ringer's "Winning By Intimidation").  He gets by with enough jargon to
sound good to someone who knows nothing about the subject and sells
himself as an expert on that basis.   As long as he can keep everyone
snowed, he rides high.  When the bottom falls out, he reinvents himself
again.  I've known a few of these, and I've even lost a few jobs to
them.  Their incompetence does catch up with them, but sometimes the
company fails first, at least partly as a result of their incompetence.

Charlotte Foust

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I ran across this in one of the newsletters I get.  I read it with
amusement, but after a little reflection I realized I too have a bit of
this "new man".  In order to survive in this high tech world it takes a
bit of "I can do that" attitude when faced with stuff we have never seen
before.  Of course we then actually go figure it out and do it.

http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/the-new-man/


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

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