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| james_s:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 16, 2023, 12:49:09 am --- --- Quote from: james_s on June 16, 2023, 12:21:10 am ---I have met plenty of grown adults that are no more mature than a typical 14 year old so I don't really see the issue here. There is no evidence that he's being forced into anything, I'm sure he's being paid well and who knows what he will end up doing with his life. He could turn out to be the next Einstein or Stephen Hawking. --- End quote --- Most likely will just turn into Joe Average engineer though. I got my first professional job in engineering at 17. --- End quote --- Maybe so, time will tell. Graduating from college at 14 is quite an achievement though. Either way good for him. |
| tom66:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 16, 2023, 12:49:09 am --- --- Quote from: james_s on June 16, 2023, 12:21:10 am ---I have met plenty of grown adults that are no more mature than a typical 14 year old so I don't really see the issue here. There is no evidence that he's being forced into anything, I'm sure he's being paid well and who knows what he will end up doing with his life. He could turn out to be the next Einstein or Stephen Hawking. --- End quote --- Most likely will just turn into Joe Average engineer though. I got my first professional job in engineering at 17. --- End quote --- I was working from age of 17 too. I graduated into a junior engineering position and worked my way up to senior at 27. This kid could do the same if he puts the effort in, the challenge will be getting others to respect his opinions and input, which didn't really happen to me until I got into my mid 20's, before then it was always another engineer checking my work and usually changing things here and there. |
| coppice:
Every few years a kid like this hits the headlines. Eventually there is a reasonably long form interview with them, and you end up just just feeling sorry for them. To go deep very quickly they have ignored so much breadth in their life they are pretty much broken people. I can easily see how, with the right pushing, I could have got a degree in something like maths at the age of 12 to 13, but at what cost? |
| Xena E:
--- Quote from: coppice on June 16, 2023, 01:07:12 pm ---Every few years a kid like this hits the headlines. Eventually there is a reasonably long form interview with them, and you end up just just feeling sorry for them. --- End quote --- This. I see a young man who may be gifted but who is no doubt being pushed. And what of Tesla? The only benefit to them is being a publicity driven exercise: then what? Sit the guy up the corner with some playdough and tell him he's doing a great job. We have one of these token wunderkind types here: the worst kind. Arrogant with no practical ability, and hasn't contributed in any tenable way. just spouts soundbites. He knows he's wank useless, but manages to attach himself to whatever else is going successfully. (Although he's found that auntie Xena projects do not carry ballast), it's a good way to piss off the real engineers though if they're being slack, just tell them Jamie is going to assist them. I'll repeat, publicity stunt. |
| Simon:
--- Quote from: Bud on June 15, 2023, 09:14:07 pm ---And you guys expect the co-worker engineers will be taking his input seriously, do you. --- End quote --- Depends on how bright his co-workers are. We had a work experience student that at 16 I'd have given a job to if I could. by 18 I was as sorry as he was to see him going off to university to be lectured to by those who can't. |
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