What Are You Doing Right Now
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@johnhooks said:
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1416696-intern-trouble
So he hired an intern and the kid has been there for 3 weeks. The guy is complaining because the kid isn't learning:
The work ethic seems to be OK, but he just isn't learning anything. He has no idea how to go about solving a problem; the practice eludes him. We had him do a "test" before he hired on and he did a decent job, but I later found out it was a conglomeration of code from the Internet and other homework projects. That in itself is not a problem, I have no issue with that, I have an issue because he has no idea what the code means or what it's supposed to do.
It sounds exactly like he can solve a problem, just not the way the guy wanted him to.
Ok so here's wha the guy just said:
I don't have an issue with him pulling code from the Internet or any of his friends, but I'll bet if I asked him to step through the code and tell me what he was thinking when he "wrote" it or how it's supposed to work, he couldn't do it.
That wasn't the problem that needed to be solved. If the problem was to "understand why this code does what it does" then yes the kid wouldn't be able to do it. It just sounds like he's changing goals to find everything wrong he can with this intern.
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That's called "moving the goalposts."
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Just doing homework on AWS for my interview next week. I think they've literally thought of everything, except making your meals and doing your laundry.
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@johnhooks That thread shows me that nearly everyone thinks intern is a US IRS code word for "tax shelter." None of them seem to know what an intern even means and what they are supposed to be doing. Half of them suggest that the fix is to "treat him like an intern."
Um... right? Are we all under the assumption that the internship was a scam all along, then? Let's just say it.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks That thread shows me that nearly everyone thinks intern is a US IRS code word for "tax shelter." None of them seem to know what an intern even means and what they are supposed to be doing. Half of them suggest that the fix is to "treat him like an intern."
Um... right? Are we all under the assumption that the internship was a scam all along, then? Let's just say it.
Ya, it looks like he just wants another underpaid employee, but this person slipped through the cracks because they were smart enough to figure out an answer without knowing how to actually program it.
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Sounds like, but I am guessing, that they aren't doing their job and not training this kid and upset that he took them at their word that it was an internship.
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Dinner just got delivered. I love that we go down to a tiny taverna, then they call their mother to make the food and an hour later they drop it off at our house in their personal tupperware! Traditional Greek dinner tonight, literally home made.
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Watching more Doctor Who, on season 5 now.
About to switch on a TP-LINK WA801ND to see if i can use it to extend the range of my AR Drone
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Just finished watching Kung Fu Panda 3 in the theater with my 7yo.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Sounds like, but I am guessing, that they aren't doing their job and not training this kid and upset that he took them at their word that it was an internship.
That thread is just stupid. I read it last night. I can only assume it got worse.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Sounds like, but I am guessing, that they aren't doing their job and not training this kid and upset that he took them at their word that it was an internship.
That thread is just stupid. I read it last night. I can only assume it got worse.
No, more of an even keel. It stayed pretty much where it was.
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Got most of my playbook done for updating XO. If anyone wants it it's here under Xen-Orchestra Clone: https://github.com/JHB-Computers/ansible
XO is in a container, so if you aren't doing it that way, you will need to change a lot.
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Just took my VMware VCA exam and got certified!
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Good Morning ML
Coffee time here
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@JaredBusch Thanks! Now to start studying for my VCP
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Chilling at a certain purple shipping company with nothing to do...just waiting...
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Good morning everyone!
