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The third person who failed to notice I put ability before knowledge. Also the second person to bring up someone with talent as an example when the original arg
by Nadya 9y ago
The third person who failed to notice I put ability before knowledge. Also the second person to bring up someone with talent as an example when the original argument is that talent shouldn't matter, and I'm saying there is an expectation that it does. (Unless they say they are a beginner)
If that famous Brazilian percussionist was instead a shitty percussionist with no rhythm - would he still be famous? Would he even be considered a percussionist by other people?
I have a feeling I'm either making my argument poorly or people are trying to read between the lines and missing my point.
- watwut 9y agoYou are not hiring musician here. You are hiring programmer who was suddenly forced to come up with hobby and defend his proefficiency of that hobby for mysterious reason. Against person you knows next to nothing about their hobby. Also, plenty of people are shitty at their pastimes.
- Nadya 9y ago>You are hiring programmer Am I hiring: (a) A programmer (b) Someone who considers themselves a programmer There is a difference between the two and hiring (b) when you meant to hire (a) could bite you in the ass. >Also, plenty of people are shitty at their pastimes. I'm not arguing against that. My argument is (a) vs (b).