About me
I think that we who come from good universities aren't really selling a product, we're selling our thinking. Because we're taught to think in different situations. For example, I've helped professionals from completely different fields understand issues related to their professions.
Those of us with degrees in computer science or other science-based disciplines have a specific way of thinking, where when there's a problem and we need to get from A to B, we focus solely on how to conduct that reasoning.
Many professionals have can't see the whole problem. A lawyer might be an expert just in their piece of law, but they won't be able to see a business as a whole. A doctor might be able to know about proteins, patient cases, how to conduct treatment, but they won't be able to see certain dependencies between protein interactions. We, for example, are able to think much more broadly, combining mechanisms from different branches of science or different ways of thinking. We can think outside the box a bit. "What if that were the case? And what are the shortcomings we see?" And many people often have trouble with that. They often think very schematically, so this kind of thinking is very helpful. It's a great feeling that I can bring something new that others can't come up with on their own.
I work as best when the team feels utmost responsibility, i.e. we understand that it depends on us that we have a salary.
Sometimes I look at problems completely differently, but I believe it makes sense, and I've been working this way for several years now. Sometimes it brings results.
It's generally a huge challenge to find people who truly know something. And I'm still looking. Because there are so few people who truly know something.