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Many powerful people think they have a good balance between an inner circle that provides access, information and intellectual support, and a bouncer circle that blocks threats, people and noise. Many actually only have a pure bouncer circle and don't realize it.
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Interesting variability in effectiveness of that attitude by sector. In software, it is death. In oil and gas, you're probably fine stating within mover-and-shaker bubble at least in the medium term.
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My point is actually that more people's opinions matter in sw than in oil, not that it's younger. In oil, keep a few goons and dictators happy and your job is safe till the next big oil spill.
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Advice i had from a programmer in the 1990's. Always keep an ear to the ground for the next big thing. If you don't, then your entire skill-set could be made obsolete in 5 years. If it feels like a treadmill, then you're in the wrong field.
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Cleon I, insulated from the galaxy he ruled, confined to palace grounds, relied entirely on a small group of people for multiply-filtered information.
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