This is pretty far out from when this was posted, but I still find it sad to see only a negative review on this post, especially one that seems to miss the mark a bit.
Kirsten, I’m not sure that you literally mean that you get more value from doing the opposite, or else I’m a bit confused. Fundamentally, Kuhan and Akash’s post seems to be geared towards highlighting the importance of 1-on-1s and also sharing a bit about how they think you can prepare/orient yourself to them to make them go well (largely by being thoughtful about what you want out of it, and how you can help both them and the larger network you’re a part of). The opposite of this take is not “hang out in groups” but rather something like “only go to lectures” or “avoid doing interactions with other people at all” which doesn’t seem to be the thing you are endorsing at all. Rather, you seem to agree with the basic premise that interactions at EAG(x)s are really important, but just disagree that 1-on-1s are the best format here.
If this isn’t the case, I would really like to hear why you do value the opposite of this, because that doesn’t certainly seem novel to me, but otherwise I think your comment is much better framed in what is mentioned above. But alternatively, if the take is more like the outline above, then I would also be interested in hearing you take this further, and explain a bit more why you think small groups are better, maybe share some of the experiences you’ve had with them, and also some thoughts on what the implications would be for this going forward (i.e. should more small group things be scheduled at EAGs, should this change how we focus on 1-on-1s with other community building things, etc.).
It’s perhaps worth noting that I’ve had a similar experience as you, but don’t reach the same conclusions and think 1-on-1s are generally very good, depending on how you go about them. I could certainly understand why you’d dislike them if they are just sharing the same pieces of knowledge repetitively for you, but this is not the only way 1-on-1s can go, and I think maybe exploring other formats could be interesting for you.
Yes you’re right, when this was posted I had seen several recent posts about how 1-1s should be the majority of your time at EAG, so I was pushing back against that idea generally rather than this specific post. Obviously I had no idea at the time that no one else was going to choose to comment! I actually think this post is pretty good—it’s certainly structured very well and easy to read which is very nice to see.
This is pretty far out from when this was posted, but I still find it sad to see only a negative review on this post, especially one that seems to miss the mark a bit.
Kirsten, I’m not sure that you literally mean that you get more value from doing the opposite, or else I’m a bit confused. Fundamentally, Kuhan and Akash’s post seems to be geared towards highlighting the importance of 1-on-1s and also sharing a bit about how they think you can prepare/orient yourself to them to make them go well (largely by being thoughtful about what you want out of it, and how you can help both them and the larger network you’re a part of). The opposite of this take is not “hang out in groups” but rather something like “only go to lectures” or “avoid doing interactions with other people at all” which doesn’t seem to be the thing you are endorsing at all. Rather, you seem to agree with the basic premise that interactions at EAG(x)s are really important, but just disagree that 1-on-1s are the best format here.
If this isn’t the case, I would really like to hear why you do value the opposite of this, because that doesn’t certainly seem novel to me, but otherwise I think your comment is much better framed in what is mentioned above. But alternatively, if the take is more like the outline above, then I would also be interested in hearing you take this further, and explain a bit more why you think small groups are better, maybe share some of the experiences you’ve had with them, and also some thoughts on what the implications would be for this going forward (i.e. should more small group things be scheduled at EAGs, should this change how we focus on 1-on-1s with other community building things, etc.).
It’s perhaps worth noting that I’ve had a similar experience as you, but don’t reach the same conclusions and think 1-on-1s are generally very good, depending on how you go about them. I could certainly understand why you’d dislike them if they are just sharing the same pieces of knowledge repetitively for you, but this is not the only way 1-on-1s can go, and I think maybe exploring other formats could be interesting for you.
Yes you’re right, when this was posted I had seen several recent posts about how 1-1s should be the majority of your time at EAG, so I was pushing back against that idea generally rather than this specific post. Obviously I had no idea at the time that no one else was going to choose to comment! I actually think this post is pretty good—it’s certainly structured very well and easy to read which is very nice to see.