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Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler wrote:
> know $LANGUAGE"? This is as much idiotic as asking someone "Do you
> have at least five years experience with the medium-size-hammer from
> $BRANDNAME?" instead of asking "Are able to simply put a nail into the
> wall?"
> 
> Answer_1: "Oh yes, I have been trying to put a nail into the wall with
> that hammer for seven years. Now still every seconds nail gets bended,
> but that doesn't matter, I have enough nails."
> 
> Answer_2: "Well, not with that particular thing, but I did that with
> the small-sized one, it better fits the job to be done. But now I know
> how to handle that I think I can quickly learn how to handle the one
> you want me to use."
> 
> Guess, who gets hired.

No. 1 gets hired, because the above is only what he's thinking.
He has the marketing sense to actually _say_ "Oh, yes, I've
been pounding on nails with that hammer for seven years."

And the interviewer doesn't have the sense to ask,
"How many have you actually driven in?"

-- 
Wes Groleau
Alive and Well
http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau/