OT - Why do we do this, anyway?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Rob Giordano \(Crash\)
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Rob said:
Just curious what drives the problem solvers herein?
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Blowed if I know (to use an Aussie expression).

I am still a learner so ask many questions myself. But when I see a question
to which I know the answer or which I have already solved, my reaction is
"Aha, I know the answer to that" so I post a reply. Is it to stroke one's
own ego? Or is it an altruistic desire to help others? Dunno?
 
Rob Giordano (Crash) said:
Just curious what drives the problem solvers herein?
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The occasional "thank you."

Having worked with computers since 1984, I realize that there is nothing more frustrating
than being stumped when trying to do something with a program.
Most often not being able to find the answer is a simple matter of not knowing the correct
terminology to use when trying to find an answer.

So being able to point someone in the right direction usually lights the light bulb.

Also, having been a platform instructor for 3 years teaching aircraft airframes,
hydraulics, pneumatics and flight control systems I realized that one of the greatest
satisfactions was seeing the look on a students face when "the light bulb of understanding
lit."

Imagine starting with a classroom of 25 students whose closest connection with an airplane
has been as a passenger, and 16 weeks later they are on their way to the fleet to start
maintaining Navy Jets.

Funny thing is, I went straight to the fleet with no training, and 7 years later had
orders to the Technical Training center as an instructor, teaching classes I had never
attended.


;-)

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
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The challenge of troubleshooting stuff, I do it in the real world all day
long with electronics and just about everything else it seems. I guess I
like teaching people things I know...not that I know anything mind you. I do
know how frustrating it can be to try to learn from scratch...sheesh,
Photoshop knocked me outta commission for a few months. :-)



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"Rob Giordano (Crash)" <[email protected]>
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: Just curious what drives the problem solvers herein?

I look at it this way:
Nobody knows everything. Sharing information helps us learn
You and I may both be able to solve the same problem in
different ways- each with its own advantages.

I feel alot better when I ask for something if there is
something I can return. I think it is a fair deal for me to
spread help if I get help
 
I like solving problems. I solve problems for fun when I'm not being paid
to, in the form of games, puzzles, philosophy, and answering questions.
Helping people gives me a great feeling of satisfaction, and I feel that it
is also my duty to do so. Since I am good at solving problems, and I can
help people solve their own problems while performing my duty, and Microsoft
is generous enough to award me the Microsoft MVP award for doing so, I am
killing 3 birds with one stone, thereby solving (partially) my problem of
lack of time, due to my mortality, and needing sleep!

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;-),

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Chicken Salad Alchemist

A lifetime is made up of
Lots of short moments.
 
Feels nice to know stuff.

Also, quite often a not so correct answer will get someone in to correct.
So everybody learns something.

Google Groups archives of all this stuff is a huge benefit to tech folks, so
some people actually feel like giving back.

It's also a nice distraction with a variety of issues to mull over. Reading
a group even without having a specific question is extremely worthwhile to
the learner of any subject.
 
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