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Re: Big Brother Radio Shack

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From: Richard Foulk
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 13:48
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>I've actually talked to some ex-rs managers, they told me RS had a policy,
>(at least this is what they said, so it could be wrong) of not hiring someone
>experienced in electronics or who knew much, because then they : 
>(I'm paraphrasing, as I don't remember the details)
>(1) might work too long with a single customer helping the customer
>    build/do whatever it is he wants to do
>(2) might confuse the customer,
>(3) might go, no you don't want to do that, you want to do this instead.
>
>Does anyone know if this is true?  It certainly seems to be.....
>

I dunno.  When I got a job at a Radio Shack in Houston (in my high
school days) I think it was mostly because of my perceived hardware
hacking abilities.

That was a long time ago, things may have changed.

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Richard Foulk		richard@pegasus.com
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