Comments on: Is it Skill or Will?

By: Destination Infinity

Destination Infinity — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:40:33 +0000

Nice post, never knew of something called Instructional Designer… I thought all the curriculum online was taken from the college/ school text books or developed by teachers. There is a lot of passion in your writing, keep it up!

To add to the discussion, I chose a job that was totally contrary to my nature just to develop some skills that the job required. But later on, I learnt that under-performance never gets you out of job, over-performance does that!! That’s the way corporate India works!!

Destination Infinity

By: Sohini D

Sohini D — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:37:30 +0000

Hey… very good thoughts shared and yeah… very true and motivating…i’ll expect more interesting posts here like this..

By: LetsTalkID

LetsTalkID — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:02:41 +0000

Hey Rupa,
Very nice post!! I somehow relate this story with mine. I never had good writing skills but i always had good visualization skills. So, when i heard about an ID course..i just went for it without a second thought. I also started my career as an ID at the age of 35…and left behind my experience in marketing. Though i m happy with my current job but somewhere down the line i find that projects we are getting are not ID specific. My love for instructional designing is fading and now i more into creation mode than thinking mode. But your Blog keep up my love for Instructional Designing.
Thanks for being there!!
rgds
Lets Talk ID

By: Indu

Indu — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:22:16 +0000

Good thoughts, Rupa. And very valid. I feel these apply equally well to exprienced personnel too.

By: Pradnya Jere-Anjal

Pradnya Jere-Anjal — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:21:28 +0000

Nice to read this, Rupa.I always had this doubt. Is there any hope for average people in the world of intellectuals and high-performers? I decided to become an Instructional Designer at the age of 32. I am also a person with average writing skills and no technical background. Got rejected 3-4 times. But I believe that you will definitely learn to swim if you get into water. And today I am really happy to have my first job as an ID. So it is a matter of will. And where is the will, there is the way.

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By: Sumeet Moghe

Sumeet Moghe — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:59:58 +0000

I agree with your point. I think I’ve been guilty of the ‘no feedback’ a few times and have conveniently passed the buck onto recruitment. I strongly believe that even if someone isn’t ready for the job, they should have feedback to know what the gap is.

I can’t blame companies to want the best though– given our teams are getting smaller in comparision to the work we handle, we have little room to cut slack. Yes, a pure-play L&D firm or elearning firm can afford some slack because it gives them leverage to grow. OTOH an internal L&D team is already stretched doing five times more work than they can handle. It becomes really difficult to carry a novice in such situations.

That said, I strongly feel its important to recognise potential beyond existing skills. I’d rather hire a novice who shows an insatiable appetite for learning than an expert who believes they know_it_all.

Thanks for the post, good thoughts in there.

By: Oren

Oren — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:49:03 +0000

I totally agree