• davel@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    A guy born on third base telling us how to score a run.

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      6 months ago

      He’s right, though - unless there are real legal repercussions or it’s an impossible task, just say “yes”. Worst case scenario, you’ll do a bad job of it and whoever requested your service won’t do it anymore.

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    6 months ago

    I get it, but I hate it. It’s not in my nature to lie like that. I can “lie” for the sake of humor or something, like using misdirection or “acting,” but when it’s an honest situation I can’t help but be honest.

    Not that I have opportunities tossed my way that often lol

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      6 months ago

      I hate it but it’s how these things go. You only had a 3 week internship at school because that’s what your school does at the end of your semester as a requirement for graduating? That’s fine, on your resume that becomes “Spring 2024”, people don’t need to know it was only 3 weeks, they can think it was 3 months unless they explicitly ask you how long it was which they usually don’t. It helped me land my first dev job years ago, it sucks but it works.

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      6 months ago

      Exactly. In jobs they will find out if you lied about possessing skillset they require, especially if it’s a critical one.

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      6 months ago

      I can do it, but if it’s like a small lie. I know something similar, where the learning part is very small and I’m not lacking any core knowledge.

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    6 months ago

    In the sense of this meme it’s actually true. An airforce recruiter comes to you with the opportunity to be a fighter pilot you take the offer first. You clear medical, they send you to basic, then flight school, then you learn to be a fighter pilot. At no point before they sign you up do they have any requirements of needing to know how to fly.

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    6 months ago

    I did reply once this phrase to a boss of mine, and I used a commercial pilot as an example…

    I also told him that, I would kill everyone on board if i did such a thing.

    😅🤣

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        6 months ago

        If in your kind of job you atitudes put a at risk peoples lives, you have to have training to executing a specific job, and can’t go i always say i can do it, so this quote is not aplided to every situation, my job is a exemple of this, so no, i did not agree with my boss, and put my foot on the ground.

        We have to be aware of what we do.