There are a lot of OSS experts out there. There are a lot of people who know an extraordinary level of detail about certain aspects of OSS. I sure do admire those people.
But do you know what? The people who I admire even more are the ones who understand the big picture. Knowing the big picture generally puts you in a greater position of influence for a few reasons:
Malcolm Gladwell suggests that it takes 10,000 hours of practise to master a field. That’s what it takes to be Lebron James, Christiano Ronaldo, et al. You couldn’t expect to be as good as them by only dedicating 500 hours of practice, but with 500 hours you probably will be better than 80% of the population.
What if you found a cross-over point between two fields (ie a niche) that you’ve dedicated 500 hours to (eg network technology and contract law)?.Chances are that you’d be a master of that niche because of it’s relative uniqueness. What if you found a cross-over of three 500-hour fields?
You might not be able to fast-track the 10,000 hours in a specific field within OSS, but there are plenty of cross-over points in OSS where you can add even more value in a fraction of the time.
Standing out in a highly saturated and fragmented OSS market can be really difficult. We’re regularly involved in bake-offs where we see dozens of OSS
One of the things I love about my job is all the vendor demos I get to see. Product demos are one of the four
Have you read the book, “The 4-hour work week” by Tim Ferris? It was one of those relatively rare books that inspired a complete mindset
Over the years, we’ve been involved in many OSS procurement events and have seen a variety of different pricing models proposed by vendors. Being software,
Here at Passionate About OSS, we are exactly that – Passionate About OSS (Operational Support Systems). We’re also passionate about BSS, NMS, or any other names you call the tools that help to operationalise your network.
