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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou get a brand new, unsharpened pencil. You sharpen it. You’ve done no work with the pencil. You did work with a sharpener.
minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSo that would be like training an employee and now he’s ready to work?
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoExactly. And we don’t need those costs on our budget. Training is not included.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYes. No real experience yet. Then once it’s been used and worn down, it has seen real work. That is the metaphor.
You get a brand new, unsharpened pencil. You sharpen it. You’ve done no work with the pencil. You did work with a sharpener.
So that would be like training an employee and now he’s ready to work?
Exactly. And we don’t need those costs on our budget. Training is not included.
Yes. No real experience yet. Then once it’s been used and worn down, it has seen real work. That is the metaphor.