Posted by Ben C on 05/09/07 10:03

On 2007-05-09, Neredbojias <neredbojias@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 07 May 2007 22:42:31 GMT dorayme scribed:
>
>>> > With an online reader, it is not so. If someone wants to have a
>>> > go at something and is keen and has confidence in himself or
>>> > herself, please don't sit up on that high moral horse and say
>>> > stuffy old fuddy duddy things to him or her.
>>>
>>> Well, that sounds like a nice sentiment, but what you are really
>>> saying is should someone want to make a fool of himself or herself,
>>> let him or her do it. You probably won't be surprised that I demure,
>>> but if it works for you...
>>
>> You still don't get it. First it has nothing to do with it
>> working for you or me. A person who is prepared to learn on a
>> job, has confidence and sense to seek advice, can very
>> satisfactorily satisfy both himself and the client. You are
>> fixated by the hysterical picture of the adventurer falling flat
>> on his face. This inability to respect the possibilities of good
>> and wholesome futures based on dash and nerve is fuddy duddiness.
>
> Well coitainly, dash and nerve will save the day sometimes, but isn't
> it more likely that education and experience shall better serve?
> That's only logical, and to consider reasonableness fuddy-duddiness is
> surely a sign of erroneous thinking on the part of the boo-booer.

Your logic is based on a false premise. When it comes to IT (which is
quick to learn) people with decades of experience who are idiots occur
with a frequency roughly equal to that of people with none but who are
able to pick things up in a few months.

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