Comments on: Why Being Weird Wins Business http://innercirclemedia.com/blog/2009/02/08/why-being-weird-wins-business/ Topics include web design & development, small creative firms, and women in business. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-beta1 By: Andrew Noyes http://innercirclemedia.com/blog/2009/02/08/why-being-weird-wins-business/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Andrew Noyes Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:09:55 +0000 http://innercirclemedia.com/blog/2009/02/08/why-being-weird-wins-business/#comment-385 Although my experiences are probably absolutely nothing compared to yours, I noticed that if I embraced my geeked out nature and my very strange sense of humor (I'm highly ADD), the people I worked for actually trusted me <em>more</em>. My boss didn't care about semantic web, what I was doing with our PHP backend, or what switching the entire site over to a subversion repository and overall just cleaning up our act meant, he just had faith in me and what I was doing enough that he didn't care too much, and indeed, I never lost his trust. I am a total dorky nerd by nature, and that quality is actually quite enduring. Despite the fact that I was crammed into a cubicle for 8 hours a day, I stayed true to myself and I think I came out ahead for it. I think web developers are kind of envisioned as these quirky youngsters straight out of college with high hopes an ambitions who run out and create small start-ups laden with bean bag chairs and modern paint jobs, and I found playing that stereotype worked for me, rather than appearing unprofessional. Although my experiences are probably absolutely nothing compared to yours, I noticed that if I embraced my geeked out nature and my very strange sense of humor (I’m highly ADD), the people I worked for actually trusted me more. My boss didn’t care about semantic web, what I was doing with our PHP backend, or what switching the entire site over to a subversion repository and overall just cleaning up our act meant, he just had faith in me and what I was doing enough that he didn’t care too much, and indeed, I never lost his trust.

I am a total dorky nerd by nature, and that quality is actually quite enduring. Despite the fact that I was crammed into a cubicle for 8 hours a day, I stayed true to myself and I think I came out ahead for it. I think web developers are kind of envisioned as these quirky youngsters straight out of college with high hopes an ambitions who run out and create small start-ups laden with bean bag chairs and modern paint jobs, and I found playing that stereotype worked for me, rather than appearing unprofessional.

]]> By: Dianne Marsh http://innercirclemedia.com/blog/2009/02/08/why-being-weird-wins-business/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Dianne Marsh Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:53:57 +0000 http://innercirclemedia.com/blog/2009/02/08/why-being-weird-wins-business/#comment-350 I'm honored that SRT Solutions is included in the list of clients for whom ICM has concocted a jingle. I’m honored that SRT Solutions is included in the list of clients for whom ICM has concocted a jingle.

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