It's a cliché that sons think their Fathers are idiots during their teen years, and that they grow out of that as they approach adulthood themselves. We're about to put that to the test.
I've been working with #1 Son, teaching him networking and security with an eye towards getting him a Cisco certification (and a real job). This morning I'm taking him to meet a buddy who can explain the world of the high-priced security consultant.
Me, I've explained it, but it will be interesting to see if I'm less of an idiot after my buddy explains it his way.
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At least you've got a son who seems to be interested in the kind of work you do. My son wants to be an accountant.
At least I was able to steer him away from marketing.
Security consultant: A guy who flies in and convinces a organization to purchase and configure security software and hardware and implement security controls.
Local Security Admin: A guy who has been trying since he got hired to convince the organization to purchase and configure security software and hardware and implement security controls.
ASM826: It's always been that way, for any kind of consultant. I had one (a software fixer) admit to me that a big part of his job was to talk to people on a troubled project, find out what the problems were, listen to their suggestions for fixing them, and present the suggestions to management.
Very good sir. It is an interesting reflection on our times that so few sons follow in their father's career footsteps. It is for instance almost axiomatic that physician's kids do not go into medicine.
Politician's kids still seem to, but second and third generation pols have a conspicuous lack of success at it.
Tacitus
"“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he'd learned in seven years.” - Mark Twain
A great quote and ever true.
We got that attitude from the oldest daughter. The other three watched her ignore mom and dad's advice and pretty much flame out. She'll be 35 or 40 before she really recovers and becomes independent.
It was a good object lesson for the other three. We didn't get too much of that from them.
kx59 you're a lucky man!
All too many families go through the whole flame-out process with ALL their children.
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