[AusNOG] On Old Hands and Young Uns

[Jacob Gardiner]

Busy Friday, Karl?

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Jacob Gardiner
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On 13 February 2015 at 2:43:15 pm, Karl Auer (kauer at biplane.com.au) wrote:

There's nothing new under the sun, so no doubt this has been suggested  
before.  

It seems to me that AusNOG regularly has problems with some "Young Un"  
not knowing "The Rules", with the inevitable result that a goodly  
proportion of the "Old Hands" get their knickers in a twist, the "young  
'uns" get frustrated, the quality of "genteel intercourse" drops with an  
audible thud, and far too many passive-aggressive "double quotes" get  
used.  

When someone new bombs into the hitherto placid pool of AusNOG, the  
splash (and sometimes the scream) is usually pretty audible. It's  
quickly obvious to all that there's a new face around, a fresh face, one  
with its eyes on the prize, and not at all on the Ways of AusNOG.  

My suggestion is this. If you are an Old Hand, and you find your nether  
regions being cramped in unpleasant ways, and upon inspection discover  
that you knickers are, in fact, twisted, why not contact the offending  
Young Un off-list and offer your services as a Mentor? You would be  
doing everyone a favour, including yourself. The nasty, noisy  
pitter-patter of little feet would stop, the Young Un concerned would  
get further, faster (and might avoid a few embarrassing and costly  
mistakes), and AusNOG could remain the pristine place of quiet worship  
it has always been. You as Mentor would have the satisfaction of helping  
a lot of people and probably learning a thing or two yourself.  

In due course said Young Un, now trained in the Way of AusNOG, could  
take his or her place amongst the elite, accrete suitable amounts of  
crustiness and possibly even (obviously many, many, many years hence)  
mentor someone in turn, thus paying off their huge karmic debt.  

Just a thought.  

Regards, K.  

PS: If I knew anything I'd mentor someone.  

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