Clint Sharp wrote:
>>> From my perspective solarwind will have to wait for life to
>>> deliver a blow to his ego...
>>
>>I came to roughly the same conclusion.
> Me too, I met plenty of 'Solarwinds'  when a part of my job was to
> mentor university students on their work experience month (or six if I
> liked them and could persuade them to stay a while).
>
> A couple went on to be inspired engineers because they took pleasure in
> the subject and had 'the knack' but most were just there because they'd
> been told it was a career that would earn them a good salary and had
> little to no interest in the subject beyond what they needed to gain
> employment.
>
> As a result, for the past 18 years I've not believed in certificates of
> education as proof of ability, far too easy to obtain without actually
> caring about your subject but HR departments make it difficult to see
> beyond the paperwork for any company unlucky enough to be cursed with
> one that has involvement in tech hiring.

This is not actually what I meant. SW seems to have a genuine interest in 
electronics, but he is overconfident to the point of immodesty. I think what 
Rolf meant was, no amount of lecturing will get SW to change his attitude, 
so we'll just have to wait for reality to punch him in the face a few times. 
Several people already related how failing or even just getting a bad grade 
for a course, can reduce one to tears. Not getting the job you want, or 
getting fired from one, is arguably even worse.

I'm sure in the end, he'll turn out just fine.

Vitaliy 

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