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January 9, 2009 at 10:20 PM #327105January 9, 2009 at 10:24 PM #326603BGinRBParticipant
I find engineers to be painfully incapable of abstract thinking.
Not enough math in school, I guess.
Flame away…January 9, 2009 at 10:24 PM #326942BGinRBParticipantI find engineers to be painfully incapable of abstract thinking.
Not enough math in school, I guess.
Flame away…January 9, 2009 at 10:24 PM #327012BGinRBParticipantI find engineers to be painfully incapable of abstract thinking.
Not enough math in school, I guess.
Flame away…January 9, 2009 at 10:24 PM #327030BGinRBParticipantI find engineers to be painfully incapable of abstract thinking.
Not enough math in school, I guess.
Flame away…January 9, 2009 at 10:24 PM #327115BGinRBParticipantI find engineers to be painfully incapable of abstract thinking.
Not enough math in school, I guess.
Flame away…January 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM #326608kewpParticipantFLU,
I couldn’t disagree with you more.
First off, those 19-20 year old’s have the attention span of a gnat and get bored with much of the bread and butter of modern IT work. Trust me on that one.
Second; there really is an infinite amount of stuff that needs to be done and a finite amount of people available to do it.
Thirdly, there is value in knowing the ins/outs of a particular system or company. Often its cheaper to keep some old guy on payroll that works a few hours a week keeping a system running vs. building a new one from scratch.
And re: nerds managing money. Check this out:
http://www.marketguru.com/V4Vendetta
This is my portfolio on marketguru.com (where I’m a top-ranked adviser). I beat Madoff last year *without* cheating!
January 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM #326946kewpParticipantFLU,
I couldn’t disagree with you more.
First off, those 19-20 year old’s have the attention span of a gnat and get bored with much of the bread and butter of modern IT work. Trust me on that one.
Second; there really is an infinite amount of stuff that needs to be done and a finite amount of people available to do it.
Thirdly, there is value in knowing the ins/outs of a particular system or company. Often its cheaper to keep some old guy on payroll that works a few hours a week keeping a system running vs. building a new one from scratch.
And re: nerds managing money. Check this out:
http://www.marketguru.com/V4Vendetta
This is my portfolio on marketguru.com (where I’m a top-ranked adviser). I beat Madoff last year *without* cheating!
January 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM #327017kewpParticipantFLU,
I couldn’t disagree with you more.
First off, those 19-20 year old’s have the attention span of a gnat and get bored with much of the bread and butter of modern IT work. Trust me on that one.
Second; there really is an infinite amount of stuff that needs to be done and a finite amount of people available to do it.
Thirdly, there is value in knowing the ins/outs of a particular system or company. Often its cheaper to keep some old guy on payroll that works a few hours a week keeping a system running vs. building a new one from scratch.
And re: nerds managing money. Check this out:
http://www.marketguru.com/V4Vendetta
This is my portfolio on marketguru.com (where I’m a top-ranked adviser). I beat Madoff last year *without* cheating!
January 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM #327036kewpParticipantFLU,
I couldn’t disagree with you more.
First off, those 19-20 year old’s have the attention span of a gnat and get bored with much of the bread and butter of modern IT work. Trust me on that one.
Second; there really is an infinite amount of stuff that needs to be done and a finite amount of people available to do it.
Thirdly, there is value in knowing the ins/outs of a particular system or company. Often its cheaper to keep some old guy on payroll that works a few hours a week keeping a system running vs. building a new one from scratch.
And re: nerds managing money. Check this out:
http://www.marketguru.com/V4Vendetta
This is my portfolio on marketguru.com (where I’m a top-ranked adviser). I beat Madoff last year *without* cheating!
January 9, 2009 at 10:46 PM #327120kewpParticipantFLU,
I couldn’t disagree with you more.
First off, those 19-20 year old’s have the attention span of a gnat and get bored with much of the bread and butter of modern IT work. Trust me on that one.
Second; there really is an infinite amount of stuff that needs to be done and a finite amount of people available to do it.
Thirdly, there is value in knowing the ins/outs of a particular system or company. Often its cheaper to keep some old guy on payroll that works a few hours a week keeping a system running vs. building a new one from scratch.
And re: nerds managing money. Check this out:
http://www.marketguru.com/V4Vendetta
This is my portfolio on marketguru.com (where I’m a top-ranked adviser). I beat Madoff last year *without* cheating!
January 10, 2009 at 10:26 PM #326911CardiffBaseballParticipantI have one of those engineer job titles but am most definitely not an engineer.
One thing in the non-technical world I deal as a hobby in swing mechanics (baseball). I used to hang out at a website run at followed by a bunch of engineers who like to take their advanced knowledge of physics and biomechanics to create a more “efficient” swing. Utter incompetence. These “dudes” needed to stick to their chosen profession instead of applying junk science to a bunch of shit they don’t understand. Not that I am bitter or anything (just wasted some some time there because I was impressed with the “smart” guys.)
On the other hand in the IT Software ssctor I deal in…. occasionally I run across a guy working in the field who is (for example) a mechanical engineer by trade who somehow detoured into software. In general these guys seem to be so much quicker to learn, and retain so much information compared to the regular IT slug like me.
So I see a definite difference either due to the quality of education or the advanced IQ of the full-blown engineer.
January 10, 2009 at 10:26 PM #327250CardiffBaseballParticipantI have one of those engineer job titles but am most definitely not an engineer.
One thing in the non-technical world I deal as a hobby in swing mechanics (baseball). I used to hang out at a website run at followed by a bunch of engineers who like to take their advanced knowledge of physics and biomechanics to create a more “efficient” swing. Utter incompetence. These “dudes” needed to stick to their chosen profession instead of applying junk science to a bunch of shit they don’t understand. Not that I am bitter or anything (just wasted some some time there because I was impressed with the “smart” guys.)
On the other hand in the IT Software ssctor I deal in…. occasionally I run across a guy working in the field who is (for example) a mechanical engineer by trade who somehow detoured into software. In general these guys seem to be so much quicker to learn, and retain so much information compared to the regular IT slug like me.
So I see a definite difference either due to the quality of education or the advanced IQ of the full-blown engineer.
January 10, 2009 at 10:26 PM #327321CardiffBaseballParticipantI have one of those engineer job titles but am most definitely not an engineer.
One thing in the non-technical world I deal as a hobby in swing mechanics (baseball). I used to hang out at a website run at followed by a bunch of engineers who like to take their advanced knowledge of physics and biomechanics to create a more “efficient” swing. Utter incompetence. These “dudes” needed to stick to their chosen profession instead of applying junk science to a bunch of shit they don’t understand. Not that I am bitter or anything (just wasted some some time there because I was impressed with the “smart” guys.)
On the other hand in the IT Software ssctor I deal in…. occasionally I run across a guy working in the field who is (for example) a mechanical engineer by trade who somehow detoured into software. In general these guys seem to be so much quicker to learn, and retain so much information compared to the regular IT slug like me.
So I see a definite difference either due to the quality of education or the advanced IQ of the full-blown engineer.
January 10, 2009 at 10:26 PM #327341CardiffBaseballParticipantI have one of those engineer job titles but am most definitely not an engineer.
One thing in the non-technical world I deal as a hobby in swing mechanics (baseball). I used to hang out at a website run at followed by a bunch of engineers who like to take their advanced knowledge of physics and biomechanics to create a more “efficient” swing. Utter incompetence. These “dudes” needed to stick to their chosen profession instead of applying junk science to a bunch of shit they don’t understand. Not that I am bitter or anything (just wasted some some time there because I was impressed with the “smart” guys.)
On the other hand in the IT Software ssctor I deal in…. occasionally I run across a guy working in the field who is (for example) a mechanical engineer by trade who somehow detoured into software. In general these guys seem to be so much quicker to learn, and retain so much information compared to the regular IT slug like me.
So I see a definite difference either due to the quality of education or the advanced IQ of the full-blown engineer.
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