[ Assumptions ]

There’s always a danger when making assumptions: we all know that.  Assumptions can simplify our complicated tasks; we take shortcuts like assuming things, to avoid cognitive load.  Assumptions are based on past experience, and maybe some hopeful thinking, too.

There seems to be an ongoing assumption that ‘technical skills can be taught’, like as if it’s just easy to do that.  Or, there’s a view to “hire the person with the better personality; they’ll be able to figure out what they need to know”.  Those assumptions may be costly. Perhaps there’s a link between failed projects and assumptions like those.