There are no stupid questions
Pretty simple stuff today - but more important than it would appear most people recognize. You aren't asking enough questions.
Some questions, as soon as IÂ become aware of them, sit in the front of my brain and simply won’t go away until I do something about them. In this case, the question I have been thinking about for the last several week is actually about asking questions.Why is it that people don’t seem to know how to ask questions anymore" Maybe I should clarify this just a bit – I suppose it’s the follow-up questions that people seem to forget.Maybe it’s both.What planted this seed of thought is that Architectural interns are out in force and I am looking at more than my fair share of emails, resumes, and portfolios. While the skill range varies wildly between individuals, I am typically looking for things that elevate a candidate’s position beyond how good they are at architecture. Sounds silly to a point but most of the time, our interns are contributing to projects, not leading them. To that end, there are other skills that come into play other than the things they have been learning in architecture school. First and foremost, I will tell you that the single greatest trait I look for in a co-worker and collaborator, is someone who is good at asking questions.Most young people think that by asking questions, they are exposing just how little they might actually know, and that seems like a bad idea seeing how the ink on your...
Some questions, as soon as IÂ become aware of them, sit in the front of my brain and simply won’t go away until I do something about them. In this case, the question I have been thinking about for the last several week is actually about asking questions.Why is it that people don’t seem to know how to ask questions anymore" Maybe I should clarify this just a bit – I suppose it’s the follow-up questions that people seem to forget.Maybe it’s both.What planted this seed of thought is that Architectural interns are out in force and I am looking at more than my fair share of emails, resumes, and portfolios. While the skill range varies wildly between individuals, I am typically looking for things that elevate a candidate’s position beyond how good they are at architecture. Sounds silly to a point but most of the time, our interns are contributing to projects, not leading them. To that end, there are other skills that come into play other than the things they have been learning in architecture school. First and foremost, I will tell you that the single greatest trait I look for in a co-worker and collaborator, is someone who is good at asking questions.Most young people think that by asking questions, they are exposing just how little they might actually know, and that seems like a bad idea seeing how the ink on your...
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