Re: Tweakers Anonymous

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

> Tweakers Anonymous I'll start calling us. I teach networking (Cisco
> routers and switches). When I ask people at the beginning of each course
> what operating systems they are familiar with, you'd not believe how
> many 'secretary' types answer 'MS-Office' or 'Word'.
Reminds me of the story I heard from a software engineer at the old AT&T,
who witnessed this in the early 80s. A bunch of AT&T employees take an
all-day seminar to get training in using the new computerized switching
system for routing phone calls. Throughout the day there's a lot of
discussion about how the database manager will operate, with diagrams, flow
charts, etc. Late in the afternoon, someone raises his (her?) hand to ask:
"What will the database manager's salary be?"



Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx