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Anti-patterns for Geek/Non-Geek interaction

So, I’d like to open up a bit of discussion here. What are some of the anti-patterns that are commonly seen when geeks and non-geeks interact?
Here are three I’ve come up with:
Too much information. Geeks tend to over-share about the topics of their own obsessions.
The best is enemy of the good. Geeks [...]

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Jobs in the “geek interface” space

Tiffany asked the following question in the comments to my earlier post about Michael Schwern’s Geek2Geek Communications talk:
My lateral question, should anyone have spare time, is which interface jobs exist between geekdom and the rest of the world? (Or more specifically computer geekdom, as a concentrated nexus of paying geekdom). Which ones are open to [...]

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