> On Apr 16, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Vitaliy wrote:
>
> 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

What is wrong with immodesty ?  Even if reality punches one in the face,
one can still remain immodest.  So far SW has demonstrated a high level
of ability ( or he really is good at faking it ) .  So maybe he can  
walk the
talk most of the time.
MA

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