What people want

mikebird

mikebird

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This puts life's main challenge concisely

I hear from a friend who is very good at making friends, and is helpful at introducing me to them; often hearing that any person is unsure if they want to be hetero, homo or bisexual, or a lesbian man... options are good

I've spent a lot of my life talking to recruiters and, if incredibly lucky, meeting employers with an urgent, immediate requirement of something or someone, who have no understanding of what they need or want. It triggers a natural panic of lack of cohesion with that person.

I find myself a lot more open and adaptable than the tightly closed perspective of most. From initial stage I offer ideas and suggestions
 
JackOfSpades

JackOfSpades

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I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to say. But I think a lot of people don't know what they want, or if they do, aren't consciously aware of what they're looking for. In that respect, having some understanding of people, specific situations or being very perceptive is important. It allows you to offer someone what it is they want, even if they (again) aren't consciously aware of it (or willing to accept it internally).

Sorry if that's convoluted and vague, but I'm not sure what you meant. In short: find out what appeals to someone, and you can offer it to them.
 
mikebird

mikebird

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Didn't intend to confuse.

Simple English sentence of noun- noun -verb

could see this case as 'people want me'

Example of the Mel Gibson movie: 'What women want'
replacing woman with any person

My general experience and exposure to fools who require help from an expert.
It would make sense to get pay a carpenter to fix a chair made of wood. If it was made entirely of glass, it might be better to get a glazier who could bind the glass together with metal brackets.

Many episodes of working together to please an employer. Employer who wants a database architect to do the design. Need to get a grasp of the nature of their business. Boss has no idea what a database does, and has played with it to generate invoices for customers.

Getting onboard, I spent hours in a long interview understanding all the problems this guy was having - errors with connection. I made it clear that nothing can be done if we don't have a direct connection. He pays outsiders a fee for tailored software, which is locked and can't be accessed. Some social involvement there, being told that he found it difficult communicating with me.

I said there's no hope unless we could have a login to investigate the workings of the database, by requesting that from his supplier, and landed there on Monday morning start.

He was, I guess, in a triangle, wanting me to fix it on the cheap, but bound by a license agreement in the software. 2012

It was exactly the same scenario (different company) in 2010 where my boss was tired of paying £1,000 per day for a firm to develop his Human Resources software to take care of staff employment, holiday and salaries. He was told the project was finished and ready to use. He wanted me to do this for him and migrate the massive system in-house, paying me a lot less than £1,000 and I was happy with that, and capable as I'd used exactly the same setup with another firm. It all went well.

Previous cases and experience have taught me how to speak to non-tech people, such as stakeholders & Financial Directors.

Working together is a good thing. If anything goes a bit wrong, it's a subjective, possibly social matter. I need: people to take me seriously, listen to me, and give respect. This is the pivotal point... of my career. Keeps happening. Hoping to fix that
 
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JackOfSpades

JackOfSpades

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I think there are times when people will be unreasonable. And what they'll ask for and want, is something that you just cannot give. It's not even a matter of understanding what they want. It's a matter of impracticality or impossibility.
 
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