Never, Never say 'I know a bit about that' in a stand up
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Hi All, I said the infamous phrase 'I know a bit about that' at a standup (or sit down, as I always do to be awkward). So that has promoted me to Fibre Optic expert who knows all the connectors, bend radius, data rate and most scary a fusion welder. What I meant was I have used fibre optics in the past for serial data lines and have laid them in existing trunking. They were expecting Autocad designs of trunking that could be built! Warning for new players! :rolleyes:
Could never happen to me. There is not a snowballs chance in hell that I would volunteer ANY information about what I can an cannot do. That can ONLY lead to more work. :mad: The only possibilty of hearing me volunteer for something is when the issue has already - irrevocably - been assigned to somebody else!!! :-\
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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Could never happen to me. There is not a snowballs chance in hell that I would volunteer ANY information about what I can an cannot do. That can ONLY lead to more work. :mad: The only possibilty of hearing me volunteer for something is when the issue has already - irrevocably - been assigned to somebody else!!! :-\
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain -
Could never happen to me. There is not a snowballs chance in hell that I would volunteer ANY information about what I can an cannot do. That can ONLY lead to more work. :mad: The only possibilty of hearing me volunteer for something is when the issue has already - irrevocably - been assigned to somebody else!!! :-\
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark TwainNew contractor trying to make a good impression, with the task I was assigned complete faster than they were thinking...
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Hi All, I said the infamous phrase 'I know a bit about that' at a standup (or sit down, as I always do to be awkward). So that has promoted me to Fibre Optic expert who knows all the connectors, bend radius, data rate and most scary a fusion welder. What I meant was I have used fibre optics in the past for serial data lines and have laid them in existing trunking. They were expecting Autocad designs of trunking that could be built! Warning for new players! :rolleyes:
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Oh my ... a fusion welder ... :-) I can help with that as I had a lot of practice with it while doing some fibre optic research many moons ago. This was fun ... But, Autocad design of trunking is not my cup of tea, I must admit ... :-)
Haven't seen it yet, sounds like a prop from Star Trek, "Scotty, put that Trible down and get the fusion welder"!
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Haven't seen it yet, sounds like a prop from Star Trek, "Scotty, put that Trible down and get the fusion welder"!
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Hi All, I said the infamous phrase 'I know a bit about that' at a standup (or sit down, as I always do to be awkward). So that has promoted me to Fibre Optic expert who knows all the connectors, bend radius, data rate and most scary a fusion welder. What I meant was I have used fibre optics in the past for serial data lines and have laid them in existing trunking. They were expecting Autocad designs of trunking that could be built! Warning for new players! :rolleyes:
Where I worked in the late 90s I became the go-to person for custom serial cables. That's about the limit of my ability to do hardware work.
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Hi All, I said the infamous phrase 'I know a bit about that' at a standup (or sit down, as I always do to be awkward). So that has promoted me to Fibre Optic expert who knows all the connectors, bend radius, data rate and most scary a fusion welder. What I meant was I have used fibre optics in the past for serial data lines and have laid them in existing trunking. They were expecting Autocad designs of trunking that could be built! Warning for new players! :rolleyes:
I have often stated, "a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing." It has a related corollary, "what ever you do, don't admit to having what ever little bit of knowledge you have." That's where the danger comes in as you found out.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Where I worked in the late 90s I became the go-to person for custom serial cables. That's about the limit of my ability to do hardware work.
Thats how it starts...
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I have often stated, "a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing." It has a related corollary, "what ever you do, don't admit to having what ever little bit of knowledge you have." That's where the danger comes in as you found out.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
Don't be the person who knows who how to get thing A talking to thing B if you are not on the project, You are hounded to death by other teams, who can't be bothered to read the document you wrote on thing A talking to thing B as they 'just don't have time' to waste (by that reasoning you are merely playing minesweeper and nothing else) :sigh: .
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Don't be the person who knows who how to get thing A talking to thing B if you are not on the project, You are hounded to death by other teams, who can't be bothered to read the document you wrote on thing A talking to thing B as they 'just don't have time' to waste (by that reasoning you are merely playing minesweeper and nothing else) :sigh: .