Olin Lathrop wrote:

>> You should appreciate that not everyone learns the same way.
> 
> That's a lame argument I've heard too often.  All the really good engineers
> I know have the sit down and read the datasheet first mentality.  Some
> people don't have the patience for that or lose interest without a bunch of
> instant gratification steps along the way, but that doesn't make it a good
> idea.  Those kinds of people may eventually be able to do something useful,
> but it's a good early warning indicator that they'll never be really good
> engineers.  I've seen this too often, and the correlation is quite strong.

Those people you are trashing may be your boss someday. Unless they read
your emails first :)

I think you are waving a dead fish. Your perspective is merely your
perspective, sometimes objective, sometimes not.

Needless to say, you have turned this into another one of your "what
makes a good engineer" threads and it doesn't belong under the [PIC]
topic tag.

Cheerful regards,

Bob
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