I appreciate your last words about Kelvin’s impression of me. Given my age and technical experience, occasionally I can impress interviewers. However, I need to learn from you how to quickly learn a complex code base once hired.

My biggest weakness has always been communications in sensitive contexts. My GS managers helped me improve a bit so I seldom wrote inappropriate emails to GS users, but Citi has a slightly different culture I was not aware of. In GS I used to have problems getting manager’s expectations right. In Citi this problem happened a bit.

Overall, am an inward-looking person, not exactly sensitive to other people around me. I often fail to notice the different contexts, local customs, different personalities ….

Even though I care about how other people feel, their feelings often escape my observation. Some people get mildly offended by me. You seem to be a very tolerant guy. I know from beginning you are the type of colleague to keep. Too bad I can’t work with you, but I wish you good luck and good health. You have potential.