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Article #619884Re: Squaddies as software engineers?
From: AndyW
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:38
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:38
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On 24/01/2018 20:23, Dave Garland wrote: > On 1/24/2018 2:16 AM, AndyW wrote: >> On 23/01/2018 23:21, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote: >>> Hardly. >>> >>> Free thinking creativity is not in the mindset of the squaddie. >> >> For front line troops whose job is to run headlong into gunfire may >> require blind obedience but the other armed forces, particularly those >> who operate in a support role then there are a lot of clever, >> innovative people out there. >> >> One of my personal heroes was a rear admiral in the US navy and was >> the oldest serving woman in the US Navy at one time, Grace Hopper. >> There is no way on earth you could say that she was not a free >> thinking creative. > > I'm not sure anyone has ever characterized Grace. Hopper as a "squaddie" > before. True however at some point she would have drilled, scrubbed floors and made a tight bed. Andy
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