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soulkicks
9y

I once had a team member who was a self proclaimed technology expert. He was even interviewed on national TV for his opinions on telecoms, net neutrality and the ITC sector in our humble island.

this guy, for several months, probably to this day, cannot figure out how to set his password for his company Gmail account. he could never figure how to use Google drive, docs or any of the most basic tools.

he has no training in any development practices or languages. he did history in college and didn't even finish, but.....somehow he was able to watch half of an HTML tutorial online and then land himself a remote web dev job earning $45 USD/hr!!!!! i still dont know how he did that.

I'm am three parts upset, one part in awe of how far he has gotten just by talking to people.

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the great pretender

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  • 4
    9y
    Reminds me of the Catch me if you can movie.
  • 0
    9y
    it should be noted that though he got the job, he obviously could not keep it. they got rid of him as soon as they learnt the truth. but still. do you not envy that gift of gab?
  • 1
    9y
    @soulkicks there's a guy in my company that has that ability. It really pisses me off that he's director level yet calls my dept. regularly to ask basic questions about computers. I envy the fact that he does very little work because he gets others to do it for him.
  • 2
    9y
    @hax0r bruh. so true. this guy legit was asking me to help him with every project they asked him to do while he was employed. and by help I mean he wanted me to do it for him. some basic stuff like how to use CSS in a separate file.

    i told him that for every developer Google is your friend but I don't think the friendship worked out.
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