M$ adds on Linux Today

[Kurt Wall]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 05:25:08PM -0400, David Bandel took 49 lines to write:

[Sivernell too old for 30-somthing hiring managers]

> Don't feel pregnant.  I didn't start another company because I wanted
> to.  Easier to work for someone else.  But apparently 2 25-year old
> MCSE know-it-alls trump a 50 year old dinosaur.  Not sure why, I still

In their dreams, maybe. I think what you and I and the other so-called
dinosaurs have on MCSEs and the like is that we understand the
underlying technology, not just how to point and click our way through
through any particular implementation of said technology.

> get plenty of calls from these 25 year olds that after 3 days haven't
> figured out what their sendmail problem is (they don't have one, it's
> a network problem as I pointed out to them in about 3 minutes -- SMTP
> is a _very_ finnicky protocol).
> 
> Experience counts for naught today.  But as I remind them:  age and
> treachery overcomes youth and skill.  You'll get my bill in your
> e-mail.

I prefer to think of it as wisdom and cunning rather than age and
treachery, but your point is well taken.

Kurt (who isn't 50 but is a long way from 25)

Kurt
-- 
Real programmers don't write in FORTRAN.  FORTRAN is for pipe stress
freaks and crystallography weenies.  FORTRAN is for wimp engineers who
wear white socks.