Things which are more important than knowledge

After working for a darn 15 years, i am getting more convinced that there are always things which are more important than knowledge. Things like your face. Yes, like it or not, handsome or pretty person has the advantage. People just loath to talk to you, avoid staring at your face, and there you lose your deal. Secondly is about the command of language. Though I had been learning English for good old 20 years, nonetheless flowery words just can't flow out from my mouth naturally. It's merely because I grown up in a non-English speaking environment, I just don't blend in naturally to those English speaking circles. Then it's about how your lifestyle, the more down-to-earth are you, whereby you rather play badminton than play golf, there you choose the place you end up with. I have seen people, now most of them are younger than me, drive the posh car, dressed in the latest vogue, they don't even need to speak, they already win. Who really care what's inside behind your skull. There are just too many other things, like who you know, who's your buddies, who's your drinking partners... so if you prefer to go back after 5, and lock yourself up with your family, you just not belong into the class. Therefore, the world operate in such a order that the technician knows better than the engineer, and the IT architect is talking about business and not IT. The IT vendor are educated to talk business and ROI, the customer told them so "I don't care how the system works, how it's going to benefit my BUSINESS?"

Time's up, I have to get back to my work and continue cram in impressive statements into my business value proposal.