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Posted by RAM³ on May 4, 2008, 4:10 pm
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> I'd wash his dog. I'd do anything within reason.
>
> One of my first days in the offshore oilpatch an old hand gave me some
> good advice. He said if you would listen to the experienced old
> hands, they would gladly teach you all they knew. But, he said, the
> first time you acted like you didn't need to learn or already knew it
> all, they would clam up and not tell you if you were about to touch a
> 440 v. live wire.
>
> Same here.
>
> Steve
Having grown up in the oil patch, I know the absolute truth of the "old
hand's" statement. <grin>
Pertinent questions, when asked at the right time [preferably accompanied
by a container of a favored beverage], can also elicit valuable
information. <GRIN>
For many years, by following this precept, I learned most of my computer
software/hardware skills from people who'd normally never interact with
customer personnel. [Usually they'd wait till the customer people wandered
off before beginning work or find an unoccupied office where they could be
alone.]
As for me, I learned a long time ago that not only did I not have all of
the answers but didn't even know what the questions were.
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>
> One of my first days in the offshore oilpatch an old hand gave me some
> good advice. He said if you would listen to the experienced old
> hands, they would gladly teach you all they knew. But, he said, the
> first time you acted like you didn't need to learn or already knew it
> all, they would clam up and not tell you if you were about to touch a
> 440 v. live wire.
>
> Same here.
>
> Steve