haza!

I'd like to thank Jake Kamath for being living proof that more than one person reads this thing. Haza!

Anyhoo, on with the gibberish. When presenting teamwork, everyone should strike the word "I" from their vocabulary. It doesn't matter if you came up with the idea. It was probably born of someone else's comment or idea. We can't do it alone. Art is not original. Continuously saying "I" in a team presentation is slightly demeaning to the rest of the team and diminishes their contributions. Being a team is partly about giving up credit. And knowing when to ask for help. Sometimes we think we can do it all ourselves and pressure ourselves to come up with a miraculous answer, when in reality the answer is held in a conversation. Shared knowledge and adding to a nugget. This whole post is really cheesy. But completely genuine. Maybe people don't realize they do it. Is it a lack of self-awareness or arrogance? Is it over-compensating for self-esteem and a need to publicly validate their contribution? Maybe I'm the only one that notices. Or maybe it's the time in the semester when I don't know what the hell I'm doing coupled with the fact that I can't drink caffeine or booze for a week.