I found this quite funny:http://dawood.in/if-carpenters-were-hired-like-programmers/
If carpenters were hired like programmers
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That interview was hilarious. I have been lucky thru the years (all 39 of them) in that i have never been interviewed for a job. Not since i was in the service. There, with every interview, i was sent somewhere other than i had hoped to be sent. with my final interview, i was asked to reinlist. I was anxious to get back home and to work at something i felt i was better suited for. I told the interviewer such.
He said I could probably, given more time, get used to the army.
My reply was, "Well, Sir, I don't think the army could ever get used to me."
I finally got my wish and was sent home.
When I had my mason biz, the very best worker, other than my son, was a kid who had quit school at end of sixth grade and could not read or write. But, he was a quick learner. I even taught him enugh of readin' and 'ritin' that he could get along. Eventually, he was able to start his own business. He and I could get any job done working as a very cohesive unit. even if he knew nothing about how to approach a given problem, his solutions, even if not absolutely correct, he was very sensible in his approach.
On the other hand, I had occasion to employ a few college kids who did not have the sense to get out of the rain, so to speak. One of my good friends (and competitor for many contracts thru the years) used to say about such youngsters, "His head is so cluttered up with book learning, there is no room left for common sense."
Tinker
He said I could probably, given more time, get used to the army.
My reply was, "Well, Sir, I don't think the army could ever get used to me."
I finally got my wish and was sent home.
When I had my mason biz, the very best worker, other than my son, was a kid who had quit school at end of sixth grade and could not read or write. But, he was a quick learner. I even taught him enugh of readin' and 'ritin' that he could get along. Eventually, he was able to start his own business. He and I could get any job done working as a very cohesive unit. even if he knew nothing about how to approach a given problem, his solutions, even if not absolutely correct, he was very sensible in his approach.
On the other hand, I had occasion to employ a few college kids who did not have the sense to get out of the rain, so to speak. One of my good friends (and competitor for many contracts thru the years) used to say about such youngsters, "His head is so cluttered up with book learning, there is no room left for common sense."
Tinker
