While discussing my generalist tendencies, my wife insightfully pointed out that my core talent is problem solving. That I'm good at problem solving is not really news to me; I know I'm good at it. However, it never really occurred to me that it's at the center of my professional successes. Looking at the highlights of my career, I see that they centered around problem solving. For example, as mentioned in my previous post, I was asked to take over the IT Security group to solve some outstanding issues. More recently, I was called by a previous coworker to come work for his company, because they had some problems that needed solving.
So I write this as a bit of personal realization, as opposed to sharing insights about lessons learned in the world of a SysAdmin. This leaves me wondering if there's a sexier name for "problem solving". I'm sure there is, and I'm equally sure I'd know what it was if I were less of a generalist. So now that I've proclaimed myself as a problem solver, it occurs to me that I have a somewhat recursive new problem to solve. Wish me luck!
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