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People Analytics: How Social Sensing Technology Will Transform Business and What It Tells Us about the Future of Work
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People Analytics: How Social Sensing Technology Will Transform Business and What It Tells Us about the Future of Work

by Ben Waber
April 2013
Beginner to intermediate
240 pages
5h 55m
English
Pearson
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5. I’m the Expert: Why Connections Are More Important Than Test Scores

When I was in the fifth grade, I got blisters on my thumbs. The cause wasn’t an overly exhausting rock-climbing expedition or working long hours at the wood shop. No, my blisters were caused by a far grander, nobler endeavor: I was playing video games.

Over the course of the year, I conservatively estimate that I played Nintendo for about 2,000 hours in total, or about 5 hours a day. During this time, my games of choice were Final Fantasy and Contra. It was while playing the latter that I developed the aforementioned blisters.

Contra is an action game where you control a commando fighting alien hordes. As you progress through a series of levels, you must dodge enemy fire and ...

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