Eric, You fail to understand that while you are probably a geeks dream boss, you are not the average PHB. Heck, your hair is probably limp ;). The idea here is to gain acceptance and even status with the PHB. PHB's like paper. It doesn't matter if its a useful piece of paper or not (MCSE's are a PRIME example of a useless paper - as are many college degrees). They live for paper. Its job security for them. It makes them feel warm and fuzzy inside. It also allows them to cover their butts should anything go wrong with said hire-ee. Eric Strovink wrote: > Somebody wrote: > > > > If I'm way off base, please let me know. I'm spending considerable > > > brain power on this idea and if I'm wasting it, I need to know. I > > > don't have much spare brain power and I could use it to try to figure > > > out my wife . . . > > You're way off base. Figure out the wife. I've never hired a "certified" engineer, > and almost without exception the ones I've come across were empty sacks of shit. > > In fact, I've had great success doing exactly the opposite, and *hiring the wrong > guy*. Take a person who's been writing compiler back ends for the last 10 years. > This person is constantly pigeonholed by every headhunter out there into yet another > compiler job, and he'd give his eye teeth to do something different. You hire him > for something completely different, and he ends up being the most enthusiastic and > productive person you've got, because everything's new and exciting to him. And > believe me, folks, if he can write the back end to a compiler, he can figure out > mod_perl. > > Or, I could hire Ferd over here, with a limp certificate from Randal saying he's > passed some clever little test on the six most obscure ways to <mumble>. Uh, no > thanks. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jimi Thompson Web Master L3 communications "It's the same thing we do every night, Pinky."
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