Carl Tyler's Blog :: I have an idea for a new website

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It could be called the "I can't believe some people are so lazy or stupid" site. People could use it to bitch anonymously about some of the lazy people that can't work out how F1 help works or expect people to write their code for them. You know the kind, they are all over places like the Notes forum where they ask questions like "How do I add a button to my form" or "Thanks for the answer, do you have code I can use?".

I think I may have to stop visiting the forums as I am seeing more and more of these types of questions. I believe the reason they are happening is that many companies have chosen to use newer, cheaper, untrained staff in the place of experienced, more expensive, skilled staff. So what we see is people learning the basics all over again, but these new people seem to expect everything to be handed to them on a plate, no out of the box thinking, heck no thinking at all.

What does everyone else think? Are you not bothered by the silly questions or the free loaders looking to have their bottoms wiped? I have never suffered fools gladly, so perhaps it's just me.

Comments

1 - Yes - I sometimes get frustrated at the 'how do I do this ...?' and feel like answering 'Hire a qualified person!'. However it's often not the fault of the untrained that their boss throws them in the deep end. I usually reply with a partial answer - like 'Search this forum for the term ...'.

The really lazy ones will loose interest and go away quickly enough.

Posted by Michelle O'Rorke At 06:37:52 PM On 02/12/2007 | - Website - |

2 - I agree totaly Carl. So many people cant be bothered to learn anything ..... by the way do I need a domino serbver to run sametime?

Posted by Rupert KieroWatson At 08:06:08 AM On 02/13/2007 | - Website - |

3 - You know, it might seem that way at times, so just don't go to the forums when you're getting frustrated. Keep in mind, if it weren't for those kinds of questions from new people, none of what you do would matter to anyone else since the product would be losing ground everywhere and programmers wouldn't be needed. Realize the difference between someone honestly trying to LEARN but having no where to start from, and then the occasional "please feed me everything" kind of person who's always back again asking and wanting to be catered to. I personally quit going to the forums a long time ago because of one of the IBM people who seemed annoyed by me asking a question he was tired of answering. (and he never did actually answer it.) That kind of reaction doesn't help anyone. Sometimes, you can search the forums, read the documentation, try several ways, and you STILL need help because for one reason or another, it's not working. I actually learn better from an example and, as good as help is, it leaves a lot of holes in some of the examples. So, just try and be patient, Carl. Not everyone is a smart as you

Posted by Debbie At 09:37:33 AM On 02/13/2007 | - Website - |

4 - So I guess this is a bad time to ask you about setting up relationships in a database?

:)

I'm a business major who just hates to tell people, "no, I can't do that."

Posted by Josh Vogel At 01:51:36 PM On 02/13/2007 | - Website - |

5 - This might help you find like minded people.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grumpy-Old-Men-Official-Handbook/dp/0563493879/sr=8-1/qid=1171463847/ref=pd_ka_1/203-9797998-9023955?ie=UTF8&s=books

Posted by Sean At 09:39:37 AM On 02/14/2007 | - Website - |

6 - @5 Ha ha

Posted by Carl At 11:46:55 AM On 02/14/2007 | - Website - |