Ability to See Expertise Is a Milestone Worth Aiming For

Re:Ability to See Expertise Is a Milestone Worth Aiming For by yohannesk on Friday July 21, 2023 @08:34AM (#36813053)

If I were to guess, I would say an average 4th grader knows the difference between nano, milli or micro seconds. Understanding the magnitude might not be the problem for the CTO. But why should the CTO care? How does it translate to his business requirements? That's your job to explain, no?

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Re:Ability to See Expertise Is a Milestone Worth Aiming For by barry-cotter on Friday July 21, 2023 @10:23AM (#36814141)

> If I were to guess, I would say an average 4th grader knows the difference between nano, milli or micro seconds.

Have you ever spent any significant time in an environment where most people are not (children of) college graduates? Because this is absurd. The average person who has just finished a year of high school physics probably can’t tell you those.

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Re:Ability to See Expertise Is a Milestone Worth Aiming For by uoaei on Friday July 21, 2023 @06:09PM (#36820602)

If I were to guess, your child is attending Palo Alto High School when the next school year begins.

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Re:Ability to See Expertise Is a Milestone Worth Aiming For by yohannesk on Saturday July 22, 2023 @04:20AM (#36824445)

I am in Ethiopia. We use the metric system, maybe I am biased

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