Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Yargh!
This girl at work here is driving me insane! She was hired a week before me to do the same thing that I'm doing, we're supposed to be developing this new code together. But 5 weeks have gone by and she still doesn't know how to use Linux!!!!!! She's in my office every 5 mins asking the same questions over and over and over. I've tried to help and pass on my knowledge but she has no idea what I'm talking about and doesn't write down any of the commands. I've developed a Van Wilder complex when I talk to her "Write that down". She still stares at me blankly when I say grep for this word. Don't even think about piping anything anywhere. I've sent her online tutorials, lent her books, looked up handy websites. None of it works! On top of that she's never seen SNMP before and trying to pile that information on top of no linux skills is horrible. You need some sort of coding base! I finally just brought it up to the project manager. I feel awful for doing so, but I'm out of options and I would rather be doing my own coding than explaining stuff to someone who is incapable of learning. Now I'm just supposed to point to the PMs office instead of answering any questions. Isn't that what computer science is all about, the willingness to learn and adapt to new situations?
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