>>>>This would allow us to guesstimate the general competency level.
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>>>Well, let me be a "stickler-prick" (that's Army talk *s*) here...
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>>>How do you distinguish between 5 years of experience, and 6 months of experience repeated 10 times...
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>>I agree, Whil, number of years experience is a near worthless guage of competency. I've met a few like the one you descibe as well.
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>>John- tsk tsk. Want to know somebody's competence level, ask them as technical question.
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>What's the unladened air-speed velocity of a sparrow?

Age of sparrow? Sparrow's recent diet? Exact species of sparrow? Wind speed and orientation? Altitude? Air temperature? Please Ed, you've left this question wide open for interpretation. :-)