[AusNOG] On Old Hands and Young Uns

[Mark Dignam]

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Really Old Hand = can remember plugging said strings into Unix getty configs.

 

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Hood
Sent: Friday, 13 February 2015 12:21 PM
To: Jacob Gardiner
Cc: AUSNOG
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] On Old Hands and Young Uns

 

Seems like it. 

What age counts as a young un? 

On 13/02/2015 3:08 pm, "Jacob Gardiner" <jacob at jacobgardiner.com> wrote:

Busy Friday, Karl?

 

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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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