I was kind of surprised that, when I was a Fellow, Anna told me “maybe you should go make friends with this person” exactly twice. Because if it turned out to be a bad idea, or if I turned out to be an unsuitable person to perform this sort of task, she should have done it only once (or foreseen this unsuitability and never done it at all). But it seemed unlikely that there were only two people for whom this was a good idea.
Out of everybody who showed up at a meetup. Out of everybody who corresponded with her and might be useful to keep within arm’s reach even if they weren’t suited for the Fellows program. Out of… a lot of people.
I was kind of surprised that, when I was a Fellow, Anna told me “maybe you should go make friends with this person” exactly twice. Because if it turned out to be a bad idea, or if I turned out to be an unsuitable person to perform this sort of task, she should have done it only once (or foreseen this unsuitability and never done it at all). But it seemed unlikely that there were only two people for whom this was a good idea.
Only 2 out of how many?
Out of everybody who showed up at a meetup. Out of everybody who corresponded with her and might be useful to keep within arm’s reach even if they weren’t suited for the Fellows program. Out of… a lot of people.