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| EPAIII:
She is an idiot. So they put her in charge of hiring at the university. Sounds like an excellent reason NOT to attend that university. No students. Problem solved. |
| SiliconWizard:
True, but there will always be tons of students applying. Probably just not the most capable ones. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: coppice on December 03, 2023, 06:51:28 pm --- --- Quote from: tggzzz on December 03, 2023, 04:55:24 pm --- --- Quote from: coppice on December 03, 2023, 02:09:47 pm --- --- Quote from: RJSV on December 03, 2023, 04:15:34 am --- (Knock on wood), If I end up in emergency room, gazing up at ER people, We don't want thems people to all look the same. --- End quote --- If I wake up in an ER room I do want the people to all look the same. Calm. In control. Well prepared. Knowledgable, Thorough. Are there any other qualities in a person's demeanour that might matter? --- End quote --- Open and honest about what they don't know. I hate bullshitters, and tend to trust someone after they have told me what they do and don't know. Fortunately medicine is so much better nowadays that there is less need for the patient to only have faith the doctor will cure them. --- End quote --- Its interesting visiting a doctor, being asked your profession, and replying engineer. Usually, their faces light up. Here's someone with a STEM education and an analytical mind. They can have a meaningful conversation about what's wrong, and what can be done about it. This is clearly not the kind of interaction they have with most patients, and most medical people seem to appreciate the opportunity. --- End quote --- By and large that's been my experience, but the converse can also be true. Sometimes they prefer an easy docile patient that believes them implicitly, and does as they are told. Questions means they have to think/ persuade, and that takes time and mental energy. A consultant once told me during an excellent conversation, that I knew more than the average GP about the condition. Some GPs might not like that. |
| DimitriP:
--- Quote from: coppice on December 03, 2023, 02:09:47 pm --- --- Quote from: RJSV on December 03, 2023, 04:15:34 am --- (Knock on wood), If I end up in emergency room, gazing up at ER people, We don't want thems people to all look the same. --- End quote --- If I wake up in an ER room I do want the people to all look the same. Calm. In control. Well prepared. Knowledgable, Thorough. Are there any other qualities in a person's demeanour that might matter? --- End quote --- It depends on who is doing the hiring, apparently, and stop being selfish :) |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: coppice on December 03, 2023, 06:51:28 pm ---Its interesting visiting a doctor, being asked your profession, and replying engineer. Usually, their faces light up. Here's someone with a STEM education and an analytical mind. They can have a meaningful conversation about what's wrong, and what can be done about it. This is clearly not the kind of interaction they have with most patients, and most medical people seem to appreciate the opportunity. --- End quote --- Happens to me a lot. Once you tell them you want to know every detail, and also when you ask really obscure technical questions, they really light up. I'm the nerd that brings my thermal camera to the doctor ;D In fact if a doctor or whoever it is, could be a tradie for example, doesn't light up and start talking technical when you ask, that's someone whos incompetant and should be avoided IMO. |
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