I’ve been very impressed by my manager’s ability to:
- follow all the technical details of some of the discussions that go on with our current client (a major technology company)
- understand the nuances of the large, sophisticated models I’m oftentimes asked to build
I think it’s a testament to the consulting industry’s model of trying to hire versatile, intelligent people who can quickly come up to speed on anything.
Of course, if he didn’t, I would of course have to bring in a box of crickets to keep me company during meetings (HT: Dilbert, who else?):
I wonder if there’s a good business to be made in selling these…