I like the child chief... I will restart the game over and over until I get a child chief. This gives the chief a dual set of skills -- that of a child picking up stuff and of the chief directing and making things happen. By the time the kid is older, your population is big enough to cover for the worker you never got used to using in the first place. Child Chief. That's my ticket. The younger the better. Helps with that 50 year award too.

By the way... chiefs have personalities of their own too... some direct work better than others. The one I got now (second chief-not a child when he started) stays on tasks better than any I have had...