I've found it best to just not help those people where I feel like I'm
being asked to help them scam somebody else.
If they word their request appropriately, I'm glad to help. If they
can't even be specific enough to ask about the mark's environment, they
don't deserve my time in replying. And the grammar has little to do
with it.
"I took a splinter out of my wife's finger once and have a job interview
for the neurosurgical team at a major hospital, tomorrow.
Can somebody tell me what kinds of operations brain surgeons do?"
This person *probably* isn't going to meet with an offer for employment,
but I'm not going to be the one that gives the answer for that
particular exam question that the administrator was looking for.
I'm seeing more and more "ex-consultants" going to work for companies
and BSing their way through the first month, or so. Then surviving on
bravado, intimidation and more BS yet not even learning the basic skills
for the job they were hired to do. They didn't need to learn those
skills as their foot is in the door and there are better positions to be
had. And on it goes, ad nauseum. Or maybe It's been going on for a
long time.
Thanks,
Martin Morrison
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Earl Wertheimer
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 1:18 PM
To: Thomas Seay; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [EDI-L] PLEASE HELP AS EARLY AS POSSSIBLE.
Thomas
> > "I have a job interview tomorrow, please tell me
> > what EDI is all about" is
> > probably not going to to be answered without some
> > rancor.
>
> Why is that? Nishu has done some mapping in the past
> but does not have a comprehensive understanding of
> EDI.
> Now he wants to interview for an EDI position and
> would like to prepare for it.
I don't think that this list is an appropriate place to get
general help about
the basic concepts of EDI.
There is a _huge_ amount of stuff online, that can be found in
just a few
minutes with Google.
> What is so morally and ethically offensive about that?
> Let the person on this list who has never "crammed"
> for
> an exam or done some "last minute" reading for an
> interview cast the first stone. What about it Earl?
> With those conditions are you the one suitable to
> throw the rock?
You are addressing the wrong person. I either don't reply or
give out links to
where the answers can be found. I have _never_ told anyone that
their request
was not reasonable.
I just tried to explain how these very general requests can
sometime be met
with anger - considering the job shortages and outsourcing
trends.
Earl Wertheimer
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