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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:19:51 -0700
Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing?
From: James Brewer <james@brwr.org>
To: Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Judging from your childish optimism and bombastic
> expectations that the onerous of scholastic achievements lay
> solely in the prowess of your teacher, i can only conclude
> that you are yet another recent graduate of one of the
> "fine universities" that happily rob naive parents of their
> life savings and then infect the professional world with
> plagues of self-absorbed little lazy a-holes who think they
> offload their workload on everyone else.
>
> So you want to be taught eh? Maybe you should consider this
> little "tidbit"...
>
>    "When the pupil is ready, the master will appear"
>
> And now allow me to "female dog" slap you back in to reality
> about your new found "masters" -- you know, the ones you so
> kindly refer to as "co-workers"...
>
>
>     They are not going to help you!
>
>     They are not going to teach you!
>
>     Heck, they may not even point you in the direction of
>     the lavatory when you need to tinkle!
>
> No, these people are your mortal enemies. They will smile to
> your pimpled face and then stick a knife in your back -- not
> much unlike the trolls around here!
>
> Listen kid; working is competition, a competition to the
> death, and only the stupidest of stupid person would train
> their replacement!
>
>     So what is a boy to do?
>
> I would suggest you learn a little self reliance. Go and
> read some tutorials, learn a new language, try to challenge
> yourself to build something that is beyond your skill level.
> Short of that you'll always be Bubba's "female dog".
>
> Good day!
>

You're an interesting fellow. Also, I didn't graduate; I dropped out.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On T=
ue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Rick Johnson <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">rantingrickjohnson@g=
mail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
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204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Judging from your childish optimism and bombastic<br>
expectations that the onerous of scholastic achievements lay<br>
solely in the prowess of your teacher, i can only conclude<br>
that you are yet another recent graduate of one of the<br>
&quot;fine universities&quot; that happily rob naive parents of their<br>
life savings and then infect the professional world with<br>
plagues of self-absorbed little lazy a-holes who think they<br>
offload their workload on everyone else.<br>
<br>
So you want to be taught eh? Maybe you should consider this<br>
little &quot;tidbit&quot;...<br>
<br>
=A0 =A0&quot;When the pupil is ready, the master will appear&quot;<br>
<br>
And now allow me to &quot;female dog&quot; slap you back in to reality<br>
about your new found &quot;masters&quot; -- you know, the ones you so<br>
kindly refer to as &quot;co-workers&quot;...<br>
<br>
<br>
=A0 =A0 They are not going to help you!<br>
<br>
=A0 =A0 They are not going to teach you!<br>
<br>
=A0 =A0 Heck, they may not even point you in the direction of<br>
=A0 =A0 the lavatory when you need to tinkle!<br>
<br>
No, these people are your mortal enemies. They will smile to<br>
your pimpled face and then stick a knife in your back -- not<br>
much unlike the trolls around here!<br>
<br>
Listen kid; working is competition, a competition to the<br>
death, and only the stupidest of stupid person would train<br>
their replacement!<br>
<br>
=A0 =A0 So what is a boy to do?<br>
<br>
I would suggest you learn a little self reliance. Go and<br>
read some tutorials, learn a new language, try to challenge<br>
yourself to build something that is beyond your skill level.<br>
Short of that you&#39;ll always be Bubba&#39;s &quot;female dog&quot;.<br>
<br>
Good day!<span class=3D""><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div><div =
class=3D"gmail_extra">You&#39;re an interesting fellow. Also, I didn&#39;t =
graduate; I dropped out.<br></div><div><br></div>
</div></div>

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