Comments on: … and in the other half of my life http://robinabrahams.com/2010/02/04/and-in-the-other-half-of-my-life/ Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: akmom http://robinabrahams.com/2010/02/04/and-in-the-other-half-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-5085 akmom Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:55:55 +0000 http://robinabrahams.com/?p=2929#comment-5085 Thanks for the additional info, Robin. I am interested to read more, and will hopefully remember to look for the book once it's out. I'm really good at forgetting the titles and authors of books I hear about and want to read... Thanks for the additional info, Robin. I am interested to read more, and will hopefully remember to look for the book once it’s out. I’m really good at forgetting the titles and authors of books I hear about and want to read…

]]> By: Robin http://robinabrahams.com/2010/02/04/and-in-the-other-half-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-5068 Robin Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:59:35 +0000 http://robinabrahams.com/?p=2929#comment-5068 PJ, how funny. Yes, Boris is great. Isn't he just bigger than life, too? akmom, we of course address the generalizability issue. There are excellent reasons why Boris chose that particular profession to get his quantitative data from, but we think we've made a pretty good argument as to why our findings would apply to pretty much any other profession as well. And it's not a black-or-white thing -- we're not saying people can't change jobs and be successful, we're looking at how and under what circumstances they can do so. PJ, how funny. Yes, Boris is great. Isn’t he just bigger than life, too?

akmom, we of course address the generalizability issue. There are excellent reasons why Boris chose that particular profession to get his quantitative data from, but we think we’ve made a pretty good argument as to why our findings would apply to pretty much any other profession as well. And it’s not a black-or-white thing — we’re not saying people can’t change jobs and be successful, we’re looking at how and under what circumstances they can do so.

]]> By: akmom http://robinabrahams.com/2010/02/04/and-in-the-other-half-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-5065 akmom Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:14:03 +0000 http://robinabrahams.com/?p=2929#comment-5065 It sounds interesting, but I question whether the conclusions truly apply to all fields equally, given that the basis was a study of Wall Street analysts. With the caveats that a) I haven't read the book, just the blurb on amazon, and b) I have not a clue what an analyst actually does, I have to think that at least some professions better enable people to continue to perform at stellar levels when they switch jobs. Engineering comes to mind. My curiosity is piqued, and I will certainly look for the book once it's released. It sounds interesting, but I question whether the conclusions truly apply to all fields equally, given that the basis was a study of Wall Street analysts. With the caveats that a) I haven’t read the book, just the blurb on amazon, and b) I have not a clue what an analyst actually does, I have to think that at least some professions better enable people to continue to perform at stellar levels when they switch jobs. Engineering comes to mind. My curiosity is piqued, and I will certainly look for the book once it’s released.

]]> By: PJ http://robinabrahams.com/2010/02/04/and-in-the-other-half-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-5064 PJ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:48:42 +0000 http://robinabrahams.com/?p=2929#comment-5064 Robin, I know your boss from my "day job" and think he's fabulous. I can't wait to see the book-I'm sure it will contain some great information! Robin,

I know your boss from my “day job” and think he’s fabulous. I can’t wait to see the book-I’m sure it will contain some great information!

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