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@IntrusionCM That's actually darn good. Easy to spot organizational rot and that, of course, what they're asking for is not A, it's E or even Z.
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this can save you 50% of the problem, but can't eliminate it completely.
Ask them how they would do this x task.
If they start to say "use this framework is cool, then i would also use this tech and this particular algorithm, it's brand new.... " and so on, you can just point your index finger to the door and say "here, go there and don't come back ever again", or either kill them to save frustration to someone else. -
thats one of the most essential skills you learn in life: who to ignore.
Then there are others who insist on offering unsolicited advice, half of whom offer it out of straight malice, because "muh crabbucket mentality", and become obstinate, persistent, and angry if you don't hang on their every word.
I'll repeat the opening premise with some modification.
thats one of the most essential skills you learn in life: who to ignore and who to ruthlessly ridicule as retarded. -
@jestdotty No problem, my friend. Just hire them then. In a year or so you will come here and say "that bastard had a point".
Personal experience -
@jestdotty That hit me in the gut. I can feel you
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