I had an interview for a "digital interactive agency" where a 24-year-old lectured me this and that and how great she was. She was flabbergasted to find out I had more people working under me than were in her entire company.
At the end of all this she says--"Do you think you are ready to step up to X quality?"
I had just finished my yearly reading of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZAMM), and I was pretty annoyed with her, so I asked, "How do you define quality?"
ZAMM is about a philosophy called the metaphysics of quality-- I knew that no matter what she said, I would have an advanced argument from ZAMM to belittle her with (the interview was just a formality at this point).
She replied, "Hmmm, I'll have to think about that." And I never heard from this individual or agency again.
I would like to think that day she learned not to say stupid things. Not to insult people over when you really don't even know what you're saying.
I realize replying to yourself demonstrates poor taste... But I'd like to add that at the time of the interview I had software I had personally designed at companies like DirecTV, Samsung, LG, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Google and Applied Materials. I literally had products at Crestron, Denon and Monster, and one product that could be purchased nationally at Best Buy.
I had an interview for a "digital interactive agency" where a 24-year-old lectured me this and that and how great she was. She was flabbergasted to find out I had more people working under me than were in her entire company.
At the end of all this she says--"Do you think you are ready to step up to X quality?"
I had just finished my yearly reading of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZAMM), and I was pretty annoyed with her, so I asked, "How do you define quality?"
ZAMM is about a philosophy called the metaphysics of quality-- I knew that no matter what she said, I would have an advanced argument from ZAMM to belittle her with (the interview was just a formality at this point).
She replied, "Hmmm, I'll have to think about that." And I never heard from this individual or agency again.
I would like to think that day she learned not to say stupid things. Not to insult people over when you really don't even know what you're saying.
But I doubt it.