[ILUG] OT: A university degree is required. Why?

[John Allen]

On Thu 04 May 2006 13:50, conor at discuskeeping.com wrote:
> Quoting Kae Verens <kae at verens.com>:
> > Declan Moriarty wrote:
> >> What really irritates non degree holders is when they see a dummy with a
> >> degree appointed to responsibility, and he has to rely on non degree
> >> holders for his technical expertise. Then as we effectively do his job
> >> for him, he slips into the role of manager. An example of the latter is
> >> a mechanical engineer who had to ask me to straighten the buckles in his
> >> bicycle wheel because he didn't fathom the engineering side of it.
> >
> > I remember fuming about one graduate of a computer science degree that
> > asked me for help starting her computer. Turned out she'd left a floppy
> > disk in, and the computer couldn't get past that to the OS on the hard
> > drive.
>
> Maybe all com-sci folks should start off in techsupport, coz thats
> just soooo ridiculous.....
>
> >   That sort of thing really irritates me. I got in trouble over that
> > one, as I posted about it on my blog, and she found out about it and
> > complained to my higher-ups. Ah well...
>
> Dont blame you Kae, my wife calls me all the time for support, and to
> be honest, she is way more clued in that the above! I really enjoy it
> when she calls me though.
>

Yeah, same here (I don't have any qualifications), she enjoys saying she is 
more qualified than me now that she has an ECDL.

example support call is 
Her: I can't logon to the internet
Me; What do you mean you can't logon to the internet?
Her: I can't read my mail
Me: How are you trying to read it?
Her: I just clicked on the menu
Me; What menu?
Her: The start menu
Me: What did you click on the start menu?
Her: Internet Explorer
Me; What happend then?
Her: I can't logon to the internet
Me: I don't know what you mean by "I can't logon to the internet"
Her: Getting irritated
Me: What happens when you try to connect to the mail server (I realise now she 
is talking about webmail)
Her: It says it cannot connect
Me: Checks server at home (can't connect), oh DSL is down or something
Her: Thats great!, hangs up (It's my fault obviously)

Ah the ECDL is just marvellous

> 1. Because I love her &
> 2. Because she laughs it all up as much as I do.
>
> Yesterday I had: "I cleaned up my "cookies" and other "clutter" from
> my desktop (NT4), then I emptied the bin. How do I get the files
> back......"
> Today I had the BSOD :-0
>
> Here's hoping you dont get another bollicking for this mail :-0
>
> > Kae
>
> regards
> Conor.

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