James, This is the story of the giant ship engine that failed. The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the ship’s owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars. “What?!” the owners exclaimed. ” He hardly did anything!” So they wrote the old man a note saying, “Please send us an itemized bill.” The man sent a bill that read: Tapping with a hammer $2.00 Knowing where to tap $9998.00 --- Think about that On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 12:21 +0300, James Kagwe wrote:
Skunks,
As we argue about pay to format a computer, I bought an electric water pump this weekend for an apartment for 5K and on contacting a plumber / electrician to fix it he said he can only do it for 2K. I thought that job was worth 500 at most. The guy refused and the pump is still lying in my house.
Question? Btn a plumber and a technician who has more skill or valuable skills for that matter? How long will it take to fix an electric pump compared to formatting a computer? IT people really undervalue their skills. No wonder we will never be at per with CFO's in terms of pay yet it is the technology that's driving modern organizations.
James
On 4/13/2011 11:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 20:43, Robert Ndegwa <bobwaire@gmail.com> wrote: Formatting is 2500/= on average per machine.
woWWWW. It takes about 1 minute to delete all partitions on a disk!
Can someone explain how this fomatingwhic costs 2,500/= per machine is done? Low level?
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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