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From: Denc 🗡
That’s why 12 minutes to is easy.

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I may have mentioned this before....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:28:39
>> You should have tried the IBM so called Aptitude test for Salesmen. 100 questions ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:28:58
>> I did one for the Inland Revenue software people....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:26:30
>> Bit taxing ?	Hamsterwheel	12:00:46
>> Indeed. I passed but got a better offer elsewhere.	Free Thinking Doggie	14:28:54
>> I've known a few salesmen... they all had one characteristic in common.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:25:29
>> Selling large scale computers is not quite the same as flogging second hand ... [more]	Denc 🗡	13:55:45
>> Here’s a few IBMers from my era…...[more]	Denc 🗡	14:14:45
>> These guys were in software sales, late 80s.. Some big piss ups.. I seem to ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:13:52
>> Software sales is nothing like the same thing.	Denc 🗡	14:16:28
>> As you may recall I did that with CSY a bit , though we sold a whole system	Denc 🗡	14:17:19
>> Selling a computer system in the 70s involved reorganizing the ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:19:21
>> Audited an insurance brokers in about 1987 that still had a comp.	Hamsterwheel	14:28:02
>> Players first two 370 computers ( we often sold two for back up ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:36:34
>> I was 27 when I sold them.	Denc 🗡	14:39:08
>> I devised a 50 question test for CSY. Hundreds sat it. Only 2 people got over 30 ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:31:14
>> Of course, in an interview situation, it's interesting.	Free Thinking Doggie	21:59:47
>> easy!...[more]	🌞🤢	20:19:33
>> OK...[more]	Mike Mike	19:39:42
>> It's actually really interesting how we all have our own method, but arrive ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	21:38:09
>> I do it thus:...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	19:08:18
>> In other words, I calculate the position in degrees of both hands, then subtract ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:56:23
>> .. and I got the job.	Free Thinking Doggie	19:10:40
>> For a laugh, I sent it to two old mates....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:48:51
>> And that had what to do with the job?	Hamsterwheel	18:30:52
>> Problem solving....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:46:25
>> 48 degrees ...[more]	Hamsterwheel	19:03:37
>> Nope....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	19:04:06
>> As I said.	Hamsterwheel	19:11:38
>> You failed.	Free Thinking Doggie	19:14:25
>> I got 84 but swapped the digits as I stated to avoid givythe answer to ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	19:44:08
>> The answer btw is easier to work out than that but I have had a few gins, hic...[more]	Denc 🗡	23:04:40
>> It’s just 6 degrees for each minute between the hands.	Denc 🗡	02:06:55
>> In the interview, I just thought 12 into 60 = 5 .. from there ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:28:28
>> It’s just there’s 14 minutes between the hands x 6 = 84. ... [more]	Denc 🗡	13:46:14
>> How do you get the number 14?	Opisthocomus	14:02:39
>> Eh? The hour hand is at one minute to seven and the minute ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:06:54
>> Can you do the calculation for 13 minutes to 7 in your head?	Opisthocomus	14:17:31
>> More complex because the hour hand would be at a ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:23:58
>> That’s why 12 minutes to is easy.	Denc 🗡	14:24:33
>> Yes, it's why Graham used that number. Later after ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:38:30
>> But the hour hand would be one second before one ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:31:17
>> We got some crazy answers.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:30:43

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