talent vs ability
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- animatedgif0
Both sound bad in their own way.
- 20020
Talent because you can always teach ability and frame the talent in to rational thoughts.
- necromation0
Give them acid, tie both of them together and give them one knife and she who's left... Works great here!
- dobre0
Hire guy #1 to be ur next AD, guy #2 as your art worker.
- animatedgif0
^ Wouldn't that piss the art worker off when the first guy comes over and starts wanting things shifted around randomly till it "feels right" when they've worked hard setting up a system.
I'd go with the second as they seem to actually understand what they're doing, the first is floundering.
- identity0
#1 is an investment and will be worth 10 times the 2nd, eventually.
#2 would be great for you if your management style is more delegation-focused.The known are these two. The unknown is what kind of manager/co-worker are you?
- Llyod0
art vs. craft
- monNom0
Do you want good ideas, or someone to hit deadlines?
#1 has a lot more potential, but will require significant investment on your part to develop his skills. You'll need to give guidance on technical approaches to design to bring up their productivity. In the mean time, you're probably going to have to pad out your estimates by a good deal to make up for the inexperience. This person is your typical junior designer and really shouldn't command a premium salary over the other until their productivity can keep up with the more experienced designers.
#2 would be a great production designer. Sounds like they have a good deal of experience, but if they aren't producing creative work it's unlikely that they will change. Not everyone is an artist at heart, some are more technicians. Salary would probably be higher than #1 as this designer should be more productive.
Long term #1 could be a great advantage to your company, but if you're swamped with work now and just need to get it done, #2 is your better pick.
Hiring both and teaming them up could be ideal.
- hektor9110
I usually follow this little saying
Imagination is more important than knowledge...
"For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."
- autoflavour0
breed them.. make a übermench
- Hombre_Lobo0
I instantly embedded this quote into my brain upon first hearing it -
"The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows."
- Milton GlaserOut of your 2 choices my answer would probably be ability, provided he is hard working.
- he is a wise manhektor911
- THANKS.Hombre_Lobo
- nice point
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- pinkfloyd0
I'd pick the guy with talent and great ideas for sure.
- Hombre_Lobo0
its really tough, if they are both hard working, go with talent. But very hard to say :/
if you can teach the guy with talent, if he's receptive to ideas and feedback then he's the right choice. If he has talent, but you think he wont absorb more from his experiences and feedback, then go with ability.
flip a coin. Or even better...
See who wants it more!
- feed them LSD, cocain and lock them up in a room with one combat knife on the floor. lolpango
- monospaced0
#1
Then beat him into submission.
- ********0
It's probably been said but you can teach a talented person ability. Can't teach an able person talent.
- animatedgif0
"It's a good thing #1 is more creative but if he can't explain why is design is good regarding the client he's worthless"
Agree with this completely, how far can he actually go in a company if he can't justify his design decisions to his colleagues let alone a client.
- ********0
go middleware
- MrT0
I'd say it depends on the rest of the team. If you have a crazy but creative ideas person then you balance with someone who can meet the deadline and execute things well.
In my experience of a similar setup the different people are much happier working more in their comfort zone but as members of a team that is balanced overall.