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The Goal
7
PERFORMANCE REVIEW. THE SMALL ROOM. AGAIN.
MANAGER
What we need from you at the next level
is to become the kind of expert people
seek out. Like a professor.
Which professor?
In which field specifically?
Do I go back to his university?
Study their mannerisms?
Practise until the imitation lands?
How do I know when it is convincing enough?
Is there a measurable endpoint?
Maxwell
?
Feynman
?
Einstein
?
AUGHTY
How do I measure whether I've achieved that?
It's more of a…
you'll know it when you get there.
He doesn't know which professor either.
There is no professor. There is a vibe.
I have been asked to become a vibe.
The official promotion criterion for the next level:
"May be seen as a consultation expert by a variety of teams."
I was. It is in six years of reviews. In writing.
The professor had a different definition.
The professor was never named.
Apparently that's a different professor.