[AusNOG] On Old Hands and Young Uns

[Ross [Eve IT]]

I've read best sellers that can't write and string sentences as well as you
do here Karl !

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:42 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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