"as his "reality distortion field."" Do you have more story on this? Very interesting. Funny N. Au Group Electronics, http://www.AuElectronics.com ________________________________ From: Michael Algernon To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 6:06:16 PM Subject: Re: [OT] professionalism was EE Where have all the technicians (and jobs) gone? > On Apr 5, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Benjamin Grant wrote: > > "I generally distrust anyone with a lot of initials after their name" > It's not really reasonable to assume someone is dumb because the > have a PhD. > I did not say or intend to imply that PhDs are automatically dumb. I don't believe they are automatically competent or useful. > I mean sure there are plenty of over-educated incompetent people but > not a > higher proportion than the rest of the population. And I'm sure > steve jobs > wore his shirt and tie just like everyone else when he was moving > his way up > the totem pole ---> From http://www.answers.com/topic/steve-jobs In 1977 the former Intel executive Mike Markkula, a venture capitalist, invested in Apple, becoming its chairman of the board and bringing in outsiders to help govern the company. Jobs persuaded a successful publicist, Regis McKenna, to join Apple. That year the Apple II was introduced. It took only about four hours for a purchaser to set it up and have it running, and it could run some business programs, reducing to minutes from hours certain accounting tasks. With a canny sales campaign created by McKenna, and Jobs's own magnetic personality helping persuade corporate buyers, the Apple II became the first successful mass-market personal computer. Jobs had to have been a concern for McKenna: Jobs had long hair and a scruffy beard, and he usually wore jeans when meeting the conservatively dressed businessmen who had the power to order dozens of Apple IIs at a time. But Jobs was charismatic. When he spoke of what his machines could do and of the future the machines would shape, he created what came to be known as his "reality distortion field." <---- > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Michael Algernon > wrote: > >> I roll my eyes when someone announces they are " professional ". >> I have encountered enough idiot PhDs , ignorant Professional >> Engineers >> and incompetent "certified" experts , that I generally distrust >> anyone >> with lots of initials after their name. >> Someone with lots of legitimate credentials may be a great person and >> a whiz at whatever they do ; it just isn't enough to trust their >> paper >> edifice. I have to see them in action. Some of the most brilliant, >> effective, competent people I have met would not be let into your >> local country club. Look how Steve Jobs dresses. And I dress like a >> street bum. 'Cuz it amuses me and it is cheap. >> >> MA >> -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist