Saw this over at Chris Anderson’s blog, which got me thinking. He was talking about how to relearn programming and do actual coding in order to do research and analytics for his book, the Long Tail (if you haven’t heard of this, you’re probably hiding underneath a rock somewhere).
What actually struck me is that Chris Anderson, the creator of the Long Tail meme, actually does know how to code. By himself! It’s heartening: I don’t know how many of you guys out there are always typecast, but I know that I’m always the “Tech” person. I actually hate that, because I don’t want to be pigeonholed. I write music. I think I grok marketing. And PR. And I code.
So you have to pigeonhole me as a “Tech” guy?
At least now I feel like, yeah, there’s a kindred soul - I’m like Chris! Except maybe 1/100th as smart. Heh…
How many of you guys get pigeonholed on a daily basis?
