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		Cd00d on Sept 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aging programmer Why didn't you help your teammate? A PhD doesn't mean that a person knows everything. It means they made progress in understanding in a narrow area. Might not have included Python.

LtWorf on Sept 25, 2022 [–]

He was beyond help. That was far from being the only issue.

Cd00d on Sept 26, 2022 | [–]

That's judgemental. Collaboration couldn't have hurt.

LtWorf on Sept 26, 2022 | | [–]

I could spend a day doing the hackaton project or I could spend it teaching basic computing to someone who thinks himself an expert and is unwilling to learn. But I can't stop time, so can't do both.

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