Plastic2Oil Inc (PTOI)

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I am having that very problem right now. client says "show joe shmoe how to operate this machine so we can have him in charge of making the do-dads."

I say "but joe has no experience in dealing with the mechanical principles involved and has no experience with dealing with all the variables. it would be like trying to teach him calculus without his first learning basic algebra, geometry, trig, etc."

"How long would it take"?

"Maybe three years, maybe five, maybe never. it depends on joe's aptitude. Someone with the capability to keep track of all that is happening would take about three years."

"Bullshit." "I don't know anything about it but it can't be that hard." "it seems automated to me."

I have tried to educate engineers, but they just don't believe that mastering some physical system can be as time consuming as their own efforts at the intellectual. there is a bit of arrogance involved and it carries a heavy price.

I've been through this before and sometimes works out sort of. many times people lose jobs and companies go broke.

Most people have an oversimplified concept of things they don't understand. You may learn how to operate a clarinet in a month or two, but Pete Fountain you ain't.