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Re:Aging programmer by LtWorf on Saturday September 24, 2022 @08:50PM (#32967974)
Once at an hackaton a computer science phd student ended up in my team.

He was unable to execute a .py file.

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Re:Aging programmer by Cd00d on Sunday September 25, 2022 @12:53AM (#32969042)
Why didn't you help your teammate?

A PhD doesn't mean that a person knows everything. It means they made progress in understanding in a narrow area. Might not have included Python.

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Re:Aging programmer by LtWorf on Sunday September 25, 2022 @02:43AM (#32969431)
He was beyond help. That was far from being the only issue.
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Re:Aging programmer by Cd00d on Sunday September 25, 2022 @11:57PM (#32979234)
That's judgemental. Collaboration couldn't have hurt.
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Re:Aging programmer by LtWorf on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:46AM (#32979814)
I could spend a day doing the hackaton project or I could spend it teaching basic computing to someone who thinks himself an expert and is unwilling to learn. But I can't stop time, so can't do both.
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