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Subject:RE: Information Engineers From:Yves JEAUROND <jingting -at- rogers -dot- com> To:"Evans, Diane L \(Rosetta\)" <diane_evans -at- merck -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 2 May 2007 09:06:41 -0400 (EDT)
Diane:
Congrats.
Real, strong talent is rare. Anyone have stats?
I would guess 1 in 10,000 ? You look at valuable output of coders,
writers, musicians... )not dross in volumes :-)
The ratio between a talent and pikers can be as high as 1000:1.
I've seen this on more than one occasion. It's amazing.
YJ
"Evans, Diane L (Rosetta)" <diane_evans -at- merck -dot- com> a écrit :
>Take two people; one with a masters in literature and one with a
>masters in compsci. Don't you expect two different strengths?
I have a BA in mathematics. In three days, I will have a master's
degree in technical communication. My strengths really haven't changed.
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