Excedrin said it all but I'm going to weigh in anyway - what would forums be if we didn't blow hot air for the sake of it?!
It's very easy to be an expert after the fact. That old hindsight thing.
It's even easier to be an armchair coach.
And having a technical degree is no indicator of common sense or even basic world experience. Nerd /= knowledgeable.
I'll add to that, that the younger the poster, the less concept they seem to have of budgets, money, and general project constraints. I didn't much either until I started paying my own bills, and of course with techies that can take longer since they don't leave home as early. (Yeah, I'm being mostly facetious. I won't mention that several of my techie friends lived with their parents almost to their 30s
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Finally, I avoid the Very Nasty boards as much as possible, since every visit seems to result in an IQ drop I can no longer easily afford. I avoid the FoH boards for similar reason - there is *way* too much muck to wade through to find the odd pearl. I'd much rather stay here and find more pearls with less effort.
