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Article #464Re: Big Brother Radio Shack
From: Richard Foulk
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 13:48
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. -- Richard Foulk richard@pegasus.com
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics,alt.privacy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!humu!pegasus!richard From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) Subject: Re: Big Brother Radio Shack Message-ID: <1992Nov4.134826.14019@pegasus.com> Organization: Pegasus, Honolulu References: <Bx3D36.Du0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <u3amTB6w165w@tcscs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 13:48:26 GMT Lines: 21