Confessions of a Software Techie: The Surprising Truth about Things that Really Matter (Software Career Series)

by Ramakrishna Reddy

High schools and colleges teach us to: be competitive (you make a personal decision to prove yourself when you get a lower rank or mark than that other guy or girl), do boring stuff (studying and practicing for exams), help others (teaching classmates complex topics), work in teams (the group study where you actually studied), handle last-minute pressure (cramming on the night before the exam), and a lot more things.

because selling essentially boils down to solving problems,

“Rama, you know, if problems are not there, we won’t have jobs.”

He said that the #1 skill that he is looking for when he is interviewing is ownership.

The best path is not to channelize your energy towards your egoistic instincts. It’s not worth it. I’ll tell you later what is worth it and where you can channelize your energy.