thedavegray (10/1/2014)
School was over thirty years ago...I agree, they are strange requirements but in thirty years of working I've come to conclusion that in your second week at a new company it's best to just do as they ask.
Thanks for your input.
heh I know what you mean. I have been in at least one place where the intentionally gave me totally bizarre stuff like this to see how I would respond. I didn't find out about until I asked to understand the business logic around what I was being asked to do. I posed my question purely as in informative one. "I will be happy to do this but I can't think of a situation where this would be beneficial. Can you help me understand the situation this is correcting so I know I am fixing?" Something long those lines. Then they admitted it was mostly a test to see if I had clue what I was doing beyond the interview. I am not saying that is what is happening here but it is something I experienced once. 😛
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