At 12:15 AM 8/17/2006 -0500, you wrote: >>With any luck, the institution hires someone who can, with good support, >>grow into that kind of technician. It is very much a bilateral >>relationship. What is important is that the various parties keep each >>other's realities very much in mind, and work to each other's benefit. > >Ah yes, "mail order bride" syndrome. I get it. As long as no one lends too >much credence to the catalog picture and works with what shows up (both >sides), there's a chance it just might work out. > >Yes, that's the way it's always been, regardless of the job. It's still a >crap shoot, but the dice ought to be available for inspection by both the >house, and the player. > >Ron N If one has any chance to confirm the "Peter Principle" that people will rise to their level of incompetence, ya gotsta get in the system somehow. At a small school like this it's a terminal entry-level position... Conrad Hoffsommer All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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