Most important skill to have?

[Novus]

What do you think is the most important skill to have in life?

[SpAmRaY]

hope

[Melvang]

Optimisim

It has actually been shown to help prolong life and increase quality of life

[byker]

Communication.

[baldgye]

Being a millionaire is a pretty good skill.

[Puddsy]

keeping track of when to take my meds

cause when i didn't do that some not so great things happened

[Novus]

Being a millionaire is a pretty good skill.

No I don't think that does you much good in Zimbabwe.
Aim higher.

[Melvang]

being able to rebuild an F

[tp4tissue]

For the majority of people  Algebra..

Highest recommended,   diff eq, linear-alg..

That's prettttty much everything you'll need to know in life that's readily applicable..

[exitfire401]

Flash to juke the jungler.

In all seriousness though, the ability to create an elevator pitch. Being able to convey something complex in a matter of minutes/seconds can be invaluable. It's gotten me more work offers than I can count over the years and has also helped improve my public speaking ability as a whole because I know more of what people want to hear out of my presentations.

[CPTBadAss]

Turning stacks to racks. And being able to count it properly.

[exitfire401]

For the majority of people  Algebra..

Highest recommended,   diff eq, linear-alg..

That's prettttty much everything you'll need to know in life that's readily applicable..

Diff eq can go **** itself. That and calc are the reason I was not an IT major...

[tbc]

For the majority of people  Algebra..

Highest recommended,   diff eq, linear-alg..

That's prettttty much everything you'll need to know in life that's readily applicable..

Diff eq can go **** itself. That and calc are the reason I was not an IT major...

what on earth does calc have to do with IT?  it was actually a mandatory course?

[exitfire401]

For the majority of people  Algebra..

Highest recommended,   diff eq, linear-alg..

That's prettttty much everything you'll need to know in life that's readily applicable..

Diff eq can go **** itself. That and calc are the reason I was not an IT major...

what on earth does calc have to do with IT?  it was actually a mandatory course?

Yup...I hate this school...

[Puddsy]

calc is why i'm considering doing stuff other than IT

i ****ing hate advanced maths

i dropped calc and started a non-euclidian geometry course that's been aight so far

[limitz]

Life-long learning: Constantly learning, and growing as a person in both tangible, and intangible (soft) skills. This includes knowing how to dig information up for yourself when stuck.

[tbc]

calc is why i'm considering doing stuff other than IT

i ****ing hate advanced maths

i dropped calc and started a non-euclidian geometry course that's been aight so far

calc has nothing to do with IT...

[Puddsy]

calc is why i'm considering doing stuff other than IT

i ****ing hate advanced maths

i dropped calc and started a non-euclidian geometry course that's been aight so far

calc has nothing to do with IT...

yeah but most schools make you do it if you do an IT/engineering major

which is applicable to me, since i'm probably gonna do one of those

[baldgye]

Being a millionaire is a pretty good skill.

No I don't think that does you much good in Zimbabwe.
Aim higher.

Optimisim and communication wont do you much good in a North Korean prison camp, so do they need to aim higher too?

[SpAmRaY]

calc is why i'm considering doing stuff other than IT

i ****ing hate advanced maths

i dropped calc and started a non-euclidian geometry course that's been aight so far

calc has nothing to do with IT...

Calculus was my first math class, first semester of college, they said it was to 'weed' people out who didn't belong at the school.

[tbc]

calc is why i'm considering doing stuff other than IT

i ****ing hate advanced maths

i dropped calc and started a non-euclidian geometry course that's been aight so far

calc has nothing to do with IT...

Calculus was my first math class, first semester of college, they said it was to 'weed' people out who didn't belong at the school.

are all american schools like this?  finding a good school is absolutely the most important part of education.

we had to take discrete mathematics, but there was no dedicated 'calc' course.

[SpAmRaY]

calc is why i'm considering doing stuff other than IT

i ****ing hate advanced maths

i dropped calc and started a non-euclidian geometry course that's been aight so far

calc has nothing to do with IT...

Calculus was my first math class, first semester of college, they said it was to 'weed' people out who didn't belong at the school.

are all american schools like this?

we had to take discrete mathematics, but there was no dedicated 'calc' course.

As was mentioned above I think it happens more in engineering programs.

[tp4tissue]

calc is why i'm considering doing stuff other than IT

i ****ing hate advanced maths

i dropped calc and started a non-euclidian geometry course that's been aight so far

calc has nothing to do with IT...

Calculus was my first math class, first semester of college, they said it was to 'weed' people out who didn't belong at the school.

are all american schools like this?  finding a good school is absolutely the most important part of education.

we had to take discrete mathematics, but there was no dedicated 'calc' course.

different schools / different countries  call it different things..

but generally, if you know ur diff/int rules, your test rules, basic 3-D  in america that's calc 1-2 and 3..


There's no precise thing as "discrete" math..  so  if that's what the course is called,  it can actually be any number of things..

[paicrai]

kickflips

[tbc]

calc is why i'm considering doing stuff other than IT

i ****ing hate advanced maths

i dropped calc and started a non-euclidian geometry course that's been aight so far

calc has nothing to do with IT...

Calculus was my first math class, first semester of college, they said it was to 'weed' people out who didn't belong at the school.

are all american schools like this?  finding a good school is absolutely the most important part of education.

we had to take discrete mathematics, but there was no dedicated 'calc' course.

different schools / different countries  call it different things..

but generally, if you know ur diff/int rules, your test rules, basic 3-D  in america that's calc 1-2 and 3..


There's no precise thing as "discrete" math..  so  if that's what the course is called,  it can actually be any number of things..

it was a bunch of the subtopics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_mathematics

like 75% of that.

the course was there to help with studying and validating algorithms rather than to count against a math degree.

[demik]

change a ****ing flat tire

[paicrai]

kickflip a ****ing flat tire

[tp4tissue]

kickflip a ****ing flat tire

HAHAHAHA..  Now I just picture a juxtaposition of Pai walking down the street doing invisible skateboard tricks.. while all the boring normal people live like zombies walking towards the slow death that is their job...

Also.. relevant ...  Drop-Kicks..   I still need to practice mine..  but I don't have a mat..

[paicrai]

drop-kickflips
boom



im excited for summer 

[Novus]

change a ****ing flat tire

In the ****ing dark!

[Novus]

Being a millionaire is a pretty good skill.

No I don't think that does you much good in Zimbabwe.
Aim higher.

Optimisim and communication wont do you much good in a North Korean prison camp, so do they need to aim higher too?

Actually if you ever watched interviews and documentaries about interment or prison camps they always talk about optimism and family. People that survived those sort of ordeals don't need to aim higher, they're already pretty high.

[tp4tissue]

change a ****ing flat tire

In the ****ing dark!

While intoxicated...... 

[demik]

change a ****ing flat tire

In the ****ing dark!

While intoxicated...... 

how intoxicated tho

[noisyturtle]

If there were a skill I regret not focusing more on it would be programming. When I started I automatically lumped programming in with mathematics(my most hated of all the proof-of-concept sciences) and gradually built a deep hatred for it because of that. Now it's like mental torture every time I have to comb through code, or god forbid, write some of my own.

[Joey Quinn]

Having a good grasp of what you're capable of, also the confidence to push yourself past where you feel comfortable.

[noisyturtle]

Having a good grasp of what you're capable of, also the confidence to push yourself past where you feel comfortable.

I find a lot of younger people getting into the workforce these days have an overabundance of confidence paired with a lack of skill and drive.

[keymaster]

Common sense is greatly underappreciated.

[Findecanor]

Being able to persuade others (to hire you, give you a raise, sleep with you, etc.)

[Joey Quinn]

Having a good grasp of what you're capable of, also the confidence to push yourself past where you feel comfortable.

I find a lot of younger people getting into the workforce these days have an overabundance of confidence paired with a lack of skill and drive.

I'd like to think I'm not cocky at work. I totally agree with what you said, I work with the son of one of my companie's presidents and the dude has no work ethic. He spends half the day napping and smoking weed.

[Sygaldry]

Discrete mathematics and logic were the two most useful courses I took during my first time around in college. Calc 3, on the other hand) was utterly useless to me in my first career in the legal (slave/forced labor) industry.

From law school, contracts has been pretty damned useful (everything else in law school was a huge waste of time). At least Contracta has helped me decipher the boilerplate contracts attached to everything these days.

[Karura]

The ability to hire people who are better than you at certain things.

[Jokrik]

^ dat

And flirting

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

common sense

/thread

[baldgye]

Being a millionaire is a pretty good skill.

No I don't think that does you much good in Zimbabwe.
Aim higher.

Optimisim and communication wont do you much good in a North Korean prison camp, so do they need to aim higher too?

Actually if you ever watched interviews and documentaries about interment or prison camps they always talk about optimism and family. People that survived those sort of ordeals don't need to aim higher, they're already pretty high.

True I guess, I mean its not like North Korean labour camps imprison you, your children and your children's children.
Though back to your point, if you were a relative millionaire (realative even in cheap ass American dorras, this being a yankie site and all) I'm pretty sure you'd be set in Zimbabwe, assuming you were black... and if not you could probably afford to get yourself out.

[tp4tissue]

dang..  almost forgot..

Typing speed..  !!

[Novus]

common sense

/thread

common sense

/thread

Humility might also be one
Mr. /thread

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

common sense

/thread

common sense

/thread

Humility might also be one
Mr. /thread

touché

[paicrai]

common sense

/thread

common sense

/thread

Humility might also be one
Mr. /thread

touché

/kickflips

[PointyFox]

Being in the right place at the right time.

[Korth]

Forget hope and optimism.  Paranoia is the mindset that work best.