Absolutes seem pointless.
As this is the thread for ranting, here goes...:
Surely no sector is without it's useless idjits, just as every sector has some absolute champions at the other end of the spectrum?
As a "city slicker" who's now enjoying getting to the end of each very long day with no money in his pocket and no energy left in his tired, bleeding and bruised body, I'm somewhat 'conflicted'. Sure, there ain't no use on the hillside for an object orientated programmer who stands out like a sore thumb some days and has very little bush sense, but every one-eyed tosser (anybody, and in my real world, there's a few of them) that wants to pigeon-hole me as someone who won't last long in the bush will be served their words and I'll expect every one of said bastards to eat and choke on them if need be.
This city slicker will earn respect the old fashioned way - hard, bloody work, owning my mistakes, never giving up, and never backing down when his principles are being tested, putting his ego aside to ask and learn, and if anyone still has a problem with that they can kiss my once chair-warming, city-dwelling arse.
I've been fortunate to work in a few varied sectors over the years and there have been brilliant people in all of them, and useless idjits too, but to suggest any sector holds a mortgage on incompetence or laziness is misguided. I'm not denying that some jobs expose said undesirable traits faster than others, but that doesn't automatically mean other jobs or sectors knowingly harbour or foster such traits either.
/rant
