Nerd or Geek?

Dilbert and Nerd
Recently I've read an old archive of Dilbert, talking about the Nerd. No doubt Dilbert is pretty good as an engineer, but Adams always take joke on him labeling Dilbert an idiot.
Well, I may prefer to be a Geek whereas I don't mind to be treated as a Nerd, in the past. It was the old school's day, but it's already gone.

Language? Profession?
Yesterday I have read some discussion from a IT-guys' newsgroup about the IT profession in Hong Kong - How come "Professionals" always be ignored? Why do HK keep depressed from IT growth?

Some guys argued that local boss prefers the one with good language skills (MOSTLY ENGLISH) than technical, professional skills. They claimed it a reason or fault for our stopping trend, in terms of technology. In my point of view, they suggest such ignorance make us far behind from the-state-of-the-art.

Nerd or Geek?
Frankly, I could not distinguish Nerd and Geek very well, using formal symbols :P
My definition is: Both are good at the profession; Geek is dull; Nerd is more dull (borrowed from My friend's theorem: Client is dull, User is more dull) XD
I beg those colleagues to realize the importance of language, communication and social skills, when they are asking for the same thing from their boss. Nerd and Geek are good at mining technology, produce wonderful product, but they don't know how to send it to their boss. They may have lots of innovative ideas that can make profit, but they cannot present it. What they need is exactly language skill, in this scenario. On the other hands, there exist some pretending professionals which fool others but have not real talent.

All-Round we are!
My opinion is, we should take a point of balance between pure technology and other stuff. Broaden my hobbies and meet different people far from my profession, is my way to success.

There is no excuse to leave ourselves handicapped of living.

ps: I know, mine is poor now. I'll improve it.