Re: Testing job applicants

[genew@shuswap.net (Gene Wirchenko)]

Brian Inglis <Brian.dot.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 00:16:07 +0000, Charles Richmond
><richmond@plano.net> wrote:
>
>>Adam Anderson wrote:
>>> 
>>> What if you so good at cheating that you can successfully do it in the real
>>> world as well as in exams to the extent that your success rate is higher
>>> than it would be if you had relied on actually learning the information.
>>> Learning and cheating are both means. Its the result that will ALWAYS
>>> count.
>>> 
>>I disagree.  What about character, morality, and honesty?  Those virtues count
>>too...maybe in a different way.  Chances are you will *not* always be able to 
>>get by cheating your way through life, but just suppose for a moment that you 
>>could.  What kind of a sick, twisted mind are you growing here?  Have you *no*
>>conscience?  What have you gained if you win the world, and lose your only soul?
>>Those who place their own private desires over what is honest are the ones who
>>inflict a huge amount of the misery in this world.  I choose to believe that there
>>is a special place in hell for people like this.  Often even their own lives
>>do *not*
>>turn out well.  As in: What goes around comes around.
>
>Have you honestly never dealt with PHBs/PHMs?

     I deal honestly with most people.  Would that they all did the
same.

     You'll note that you did not use complimentary terms for the
bosses/managers.  I wonder why that happened.  Did something come
around?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.