If I hadn't gone to private school...

[Mich the Tester]

Private schools are blocking social mobility - Telegraph

Their education is so good that it is stopping downward mobility of the dim and indolent

Just imagine; I'm a tester. I wonder, if my downward mobility hadn't been blocked, where would I be now?

- burger flipper?
- manual labourer?
- recruitment consultant?

[kevpuk]

Hhhmm, I went to private boarding school > left at 16, rampaged about a bit, started working properly at around 25.....16yrs later and here I am as a contratooooorrrrr
Not sure what my mobility is, or how affected by schooling.....all seems so long ago now!

[SimonMac]

Private schools are blocking social mobility - Telegraph



Just imagine; I'm a tester. I wonder, if my downward mobility hadn't been blocked, where would I be now?

- burger flipper?
- manual labourer?
- recruitment consultant?

I thought you become a tester by failing all your exams anyway?

[Mich the Tester]

I thought you become a tester by failing all your exams anyway?

Not all of them.

[Dallas]

I am sat opposite a permie guy in his 40's who went to a v expensive college; cant tell his ar$e from his elbow his inability to make a decision nearly leaves him in tears and he is desperate to be a contractor but has no skill set.

I ama decade younger, came from a northern council estate and yesterday I helped him finish his piece of work - and he still didnt get it.

Surrounded by folks like this - but what can you do? Plonkers hiring plonkers.

[Mich the Tester]

I am sat opposite a permie guy in his 40's who went to a v expensive college; cant tell his ar$e from his elbow his inability to make a decision nearly leaves him in tears and he is desperate to be a contractor but has no skill set.

I ama decade younger, came from a northern council estate and yesterday I helped him finish his piece of work - and he still didnt get it.

Surrounded by folks like this - but what can you do? Plonkers hiring plonkers.

He obviously didn't learn the most important thing at "v expensive college''; if you don't have a clue what to do then take a decision. Better to fook it up early and correct it than to dither, waste time and fook it all up when it's too late to clear up the mess.*



*Disclaimer; this advice does not apply to bomb disposal technicians.

[Dallas]

Better to fook it up early and correct it than to dither, waste time and fook it all up when it's too late to clear up the mess.*
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is a good description of the project I am on - am surrounded by them we are currently in the 'waste time' phase

[kevpuk]

is a good description of the project I am on - am surrounded by them we are currently in the 'waste time' phase

See, that is one thing I took from expensive (wasted!) education.....very good at wasting time

[Mich the Tester]

See, that is one thing I took from expensive (wasted!) education.....very good at wasting time

They didn't teach me much, but I did learn how to blag it.

[Ticktock]

Better to fook it up early and correct it than to dither, waste time and fook it all up when it's too late to clear up the mess.*

Ah. AGILE.