The frustration of working with people who aren't "A" Players (or don't care) | alvinalexander.com
Let me start by saying that I don't know if I'm an "A" Player. In part, that definition depends (a) on what work I'm doing, and (b) who you compare me to. For instance, if you compare me to Linus Tourvalds as a Linux C programmer, I'm very clearly not an A Player. Shoot, I'm not even a player.
But if you were to judge me on other skills, I'd like to say that I'm at least a B Player in the things I care about. As I wrote in my book, A Survival Guide for New Consultants, my superpower as a programmer/analyst is empathy; I care about my work, and about my success and my client's success. If you pay me $100,000 to do some work, I want you to make at least 2X or 10X or more from my work. I want my clients and sponsors to succeed.
Beyond that care, since I began paying attention to Apple and Jonathan Ive starting back around 2005, I've become more interested than ever in quality. When I work on something, I imagine that I'm either working with Mr. Ive, or that I'm going to have him review my work, and I want it to be impeccable.
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