Re: Doubts about the HR departments that require knowledge of technology that does not exist.

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From: ma...
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 13:04

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On 2018-01-03, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote:
> hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>> On Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 9:55:17 AM UTC-5, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>
>>> Consider mixing cement.  Pounds, pints, and feet won't be used.  The
>>> expert wouldn't think of mentioning this because it's a basic of
>>> doing chemistry.  The programmer would have to know enough about the
>>> business to use the correct conversion units.
>>
>> The business programmer wouldn't be involved in mixing cement.
>>
>> He might be involved in billing the customer for the cement the
>> company made.  In about 30 seconds the company could tell him
>> the units they use for selling their product, be they by volume
>> or weight, metric or English.  Anyone who has finished eighth
>> grade knows about units of measure.
>>
> Why would the cement manufacturer have two programmers?  Part of
> the business end of selling cement is the quality of the cement.
>
> /BAH

Cement, in Yurop anyway, has various standards, for various purposes,
for instance laying a garage floor would not need as exact as spec,
as would mass concrete walls. Its been a while.


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greymaus.ireland.ie
Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man

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