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Getting young people into science and technology is the single greatest professional duty any technologist has. What? I don't understand this at all. The "sing

Getting young people into science and technology is the single greatest professional duty any technologist has. What? I don't understand this at all. The "single greatest professional duty any technologist" has is unique to that "technologist". If, for example, I'm a 23yo kid who just graduated uni and in my first job, do you think for a second that I give a #$(* about "getting young people into science and technology"? Of course not. I'm so busy trying to figure basic life out that I don't have time for that sort of thing. If I'm a 33yo dad who wants to start my own business, I don't care one whit about 'getting young people into science and technology' b/c, between working 60 hours a week and changing my kids' diapers, I'm sleeping. Good for teens - glad for them - but this statement is just silly.

BlackJack 14y ago
I'm a 19 year old and when I got into college I remember thinking that I would love to interview prospective students after I graduated. Maybe you don't care about mentoring young people, but there are certainly many, many people who care a lot about that.
- ScottWhigham 14y ago
  Maybe you don't care about mentoring young people I carefully crafted my reply and for you to mistakenly read that into it made me go back and re-read my reply. I don't see where you get that I say that I "don't care about mentoring young people". Please take the time to point out where/what part I seem to imply that I don't care about mentoring young people. Actually, hell, I'll make it easier for you: point out where I state my opinion about what I prefer at all. Please - before you misquote, misunderstand, and then slag someone, take the time to re-read what they've written. Maybe it's your reading comprehension that was the problem rather than their post. And besides, "there are certainly many, many people who care a lot about" (insert anything ever here). There always has been and always will be. Stating the obvious doesn't really help here.
  - BlackJack 14y ago
    The part that got me to think that was when you said: > I don't care one whit about 'getting young people into science and technology Sorry if I misunderstood, and maybe we're just arguing between "mentoring" and "getting young people into tech," but I was referring to your sentiment as opposed to some exact wording.
    - ScottWhigham 14y ago
      I think you need to check your ego and re-read what I wrote without an outside bias. Maybe English isn't your first language and that's causing some block for you - I don't know. But to yet again quote me out of context just highlights how poor your reading comprehension is for a second time. Protip: I'm not a 33yo dad who wants to start a business.

BlackJack 14y ago

I'm a 19 year old and when I got into college I remember thinking that I would love to interview prospective students after I graduated. Maybe you don't care about mentoring young people, but there are certainly many, many people who care a lot about that.

ScottWhigham 14y ago
Maybe you don't care about mentoring young people I carefully crafted my reply and for you to mistakenly read that into it made me go back and re-read my reply. I don't see where you get that I say that I "don't care about mentoring young people". Please take the time to point out where/what part I seem to imply that I don't care about mentoring young people. Actually, hell, I'll make it easier for you: point out where I state my opinion about what I prefer at all. Please - before you misquote, misunderstand, and then slag someone, take the time to re-read what they've written. Maybe it's your reading comprehension that was the problem rather than their post. And besides, "there are certainly many, many people who care a lot about" (insert anything ever here). There always has been and always will be. Stating the obvious doesn't really help here.
- BlackJack 14y ago
  The part that got me to think that was when you said: > I don't care one whit about 'getting young people into science and technology Sorry if I misunderstood, and maybe we're just arguing between "mentoring" and "getting young people into tech," but I was referring to your sentiment as opposed to some exact wording.
  - ScottWhigham 14y ago
    I think you need to check your ego and re-read what I wrote without an outside bias. Maybe English isn't your first language and that's causing some block for you - I don't know. But to yet again quote me out of context just highlights how poor your reading comprehension is for a second time. Protip: I'm not a 33yo dad who wants to start a business.