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From: ort@netcom.com (David Oertel)
Subject: Re: No employment available for mathematician/genius/programmer(LISP)
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In article <3h0rvf$48o6@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>,
John Zachary <zachary@bit.csc.lsu.edu> wrote:
>In article <3h0js3$51d@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>,
>Pat Wilson <paw@coos.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
>>ort@netcom.com (David Oertel) writes:
>>
>>>	maybe
>>>	he simply needs to take a grubby sys admin or QA job until he can
>>>	find something that leverages his brains.  
>>
>>Excuse me?  "A grubby sysadmin job"?  *Until* he can use his brains?
>>Wake up and smell the espresso, Dave - systems administration is
>>neither easy nor a job that just anyone can do.  True, it's one of
>>_the_ growth industries at the moment, but good admins are in demand
>>precisely because it requires talent and no small amount of expertise.
>
>
>
>Whoa, Pat. I think David was implying a little sarcasm in his post.
>Certainly, if one were to read the above line attributed to him, one
>might think that David was serious. But given the self-proclaimed
>intelligence of the original poster, I think David was trying to make
>the point that there is work out there for computer professionals
>and this guys problem of unemployment might be a result of his 
>hubris ...
>
>
>
>... or maybe I'm wrong.

	no.
>
>-- 
> John Zachary (zachary@bit.csc.lsu.edu) 
> "Intelligence is a lethal mutation." - SweetPoly

	dave

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