If you can keep your job when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men flame you, But make allowance for their flaming too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being hacked, don't give way to hacking, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Extreme and Juniper And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Test-writers turn into a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools; If you can make one heap of all your learnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on"; If you broadcast to crowds and keep your virtue, Or peer with kings - nor lose the common touch; If no proctors or HR fiends can hurt you; If all hops count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run - Yours is the 'Net and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll get your cert my son! (with apologies to Rudyard Kipling) -- "Someone approached me and asked me to teach a javascript course. I was about to decline, saying that my complete ignorance of the subject made me unsuitable, then I thought again, that maybe it doesn't, as driving people away from it is a desirable outcome." --Me Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=4139&t=4139 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
