In our world we often talk about the interaction, communication, contact and mutual understanding. Sometimes it seems that people are very busy looking for the ways of speaking on the same language. A lot of efforts are wasted and miles of paper are scribbled with the guides full of tips. But as for computers and technologies, there's a lot of words about the quality of the product and nothing about how person interacts with the computer and how it is possible to make this interaction beneficial and successful.

What persons are more adaptive to the computer? What qualities the person should or might have. What is required for the work with the computer? This is an important question for HR specialists who work at the IT sector. Just as you are not going to hire dumb person to communicate with the customers, it is unlikely that you will invite to work in the virtual space a man who has difficulties with abstract thinking, without skills to perform operations only in the mind.

As we are talking about the adaptation and important qualities, I suppose that it is primarily intelligence. It is the main factor of the successful adaptation. Intellect is the guarantee that your employee will be able to understand and find the most effective solutions in unusual situations. It is rumored that the bear can be taught to dance. But are you looking for an employee who can only clumsily push the buttons without thinking about consequences. In the best case, a company with such staff is doomed to failure. At worst it will lose the source of income. Of course, intelligence is important for any kind of work with information technologies because it couldn’t be fully standardized under templates, mechanical actions.

Accuracy is becoming more and more important. It’s a necessity. This requires from person working at the computer to be careful, be able to focus on objects for a long time, to track even small changes with them. For example, when you are working with databases, it is difficult not to drown in the stream of information and control desired information.

However, besides these general requirements, you need to take into account the specific features of personality. For example, the temperament that characterizes the man’s dynamic. It is excellent if the man and the software are similar on these qualities, they become the parts of smoothly functioning mechanism. In such case, their work can be compared with the game of ping-pong. They carefully and methodically do their job, without extra sighs, screams and hassles.

Surely you have met with people who need ample time for thinking and reflection. They feel themselves uncomfortable in situations that require making decisions quickly, performing multiple operations in a short period of time. In such situation, they look like people who are always trying to catch the departed train. The more slowly computer is working - the better for them.

Another type is complete opposite. They are impulsive; they just need to make life rotating around the world. Sure, you met the person, who works on the computer, and when he is waiting until computer executes the command, he is impatiently tapping by his fingers on the keyboard, and sometimes even repeats the same command 10 times, trying every possible way to expedite its work. For them, the speed of technology is one of the decisive factors, which can save them from negative emotions and mistakes.

There is no software that can adjust to human character. Perhaps it is the task of the future of information technologies development. Meanwhile, a man has to adapt to the computer. And, please, do not forget that you shouldn’t be excluded from communication with people. Only by using combination of these types of interaction success can be achieved.

More information about this and some other questions you can find here: http://andersensoft.com/en/blog.php

And what about you and your employees interaction with computers?

Are you just pimping out your blog?

Does anyone else see the humor here?


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modi123_1, Aeternalis I'm sorry. I'm not sure I understand you exact. Can you explain you opinion more?

I mean you dumped eight paragraphs from your blog and direct people there for more information about what ever inane topic this is. It comes off like you are just pimping out blog out from here...

OH! I'm sorry, is something wrong with this? At our blog we collect our personal articles related to the business and software development topics. And suggest other tell their opinion. We try to share our experience with other people. Why are you so negative about this?

Never mind my comment. Carry on.

Modi's right. It would have been better structured as an open ended question. You could then provide your opionion with an external link to your blog as a citation for the source. But as it is now, you're just pimping your blog out.

KYA, thanks for your opinion and advice. I'll think it out!