Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring

date posted 15th May 2007 18:30

lee fogarty wrote:
>
> On 15 May 2007 15:24:47 -0000, Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>
>> On Tuesday 15 May 2007 7:47 am, Peter Agambar wrote:
>>
>> > I often read posts asking how to do this or that, and in the past have
>> > thought to myself that it has taken me 20 years to build up these
>> skill,
>> > spent loads of money on training courses and the right degree why
>> should I
>> > give this knowledge away for free. If the work is too complex for
>> someone
>> > who has taken on a project, then perhaps they should either employ
>> someone
>> > who can do the work, or not take on the project at all.
>>
>> Most people realise when they are out of their depth, and will call on
>> professional help - frequently from the person who has been the most
>> helpful up to that point.
>>
> What bugs me big time is the number of questions that get asked that a
> 2 second google search would fix. It seems to me that lists such as
> this are used for laziness. How many basic PHP questions do we get
> that have answers in the manual?

What bugs me is when someone comes on this list pretending to be looking
for a sub-contractor, asks you for the solution to a simple problem
whilst hinting at something better to come, then once they have had
their problem solved they ignore your emails.

Regards
Richard


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