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		greghinch on July 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If You Don’t Think You Need It, You Haven’t Seen G... Translation: you need someone who thinks like an engineer but applies it to these other tasks/positions

JumpCrisscross on July 25, 2012 | [–]

Actually, hiring a marketing or BD guy who thinks like an engineer is a pretty good way to hire a terrible person for that role. Implicit in the post is respecting the heterogeneity of thought models.

coryl on July 25, 2012 | [–]

What does "think like an engineer" entail?

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