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| Circlotron:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 05, 2023, 02:04:55 am ---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. --- End quote --- Either that or they are simply not a doctor / tradie / whatever at heart. They possibly won't do as good a job as someone who eats and sleeps the subject night and day because they love it. That is such an interesting thought. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 05, 2023, 02:04:55 am --- --- 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. --- End quote --- They can just be pushed for time, which can be difficult to avoid for <political rant omitted> :( Being able to have such conversations is part of knowing you've found someone "compatible". Other people will have different versions, e.g. my mother who wanted doctors to tell her what to do and, to a lesser extent, why. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: Circlotron on December 05, 2023, 02:35:08 am --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on December 05, 2023, 02:04:55 am ---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. --- End quote --- Either that or they are simply not a doctor / tradie / whatever at heart. They possibly won't do as good a job as someone who eats and sleeps the subject night and day because they love it. That is such an interesting thought. --- End quote --- When on interview panels, I always tried to find out what people did outside of their courses (and jobs), simply because they liked it. That is a good way of detecting (and avoiding) time servers. And no, that doesn't mean I was looking for "passion" (ugh!) :) |
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