[OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing?

[James Brewer]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Judging from your childish optimism and bombastic
> expectations that the onerous of scholastic achievements lay
> solely in the prowess of your teacher, i can only conclude
> that you are yet another recent graduate of one of the
> "fine universities" that happily rob naive parents of their
> life savings and then infect the professional world with
> plagues of self-absorbed little lazy a-holes who think they
> offload their workload on everyone else.
>
> So you want to be taught eh? Maybe you should consider this
> little "tidbit"...
>
>    "When the pupil is ready, the master will appear"
>
> And now allow me to "female dog" slap you back in to reality
> about your new found "masters" -- you know, the ones you so
> kindly refer to as "co-workers"...
>
>
>     They are not going to help you!
>
>     They are not going to teach you!
>
>     Heck, they may not even point you in the direction of
>     the lavatory when you need to tinkle!
>
> No, these people are your mortal enemies. They will smile to
> your pimpled face and then stick a knife in your back -- not
> much unlike the trolls around here!
>
> Listen kid; working is competition, a competition to the
> death, and only the stupidest of stupid person would train
> their replacement!
>
>     So what is a boy to do?
>
> I would suggest you learn a little self reliance. Go and
> read some tutorials, learn a new language, try to challenge
> yourself to build something that is beyond your skill level.
> Short of that you'll always be Bubba's "female dog".
>
> Good day!
>

You're an interesting fellow. Also, I didn't graduate; I dropped out.
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