matsickma
Senior Member
I went to visit my son in Jacksonville, FL over the Labor Day weekend. I delayed my trip a day to avoid the hurricane. I was driving an Explorer full of clothes, books, etc. Down to his new apartment. He is a receint college graduate in Comp Sci and referres to himself as a software developer.
When I arrived his apartment was clean but Spartan. A young bachelor place. I noticed none of his lamps had any light bulbs in them and I asked him why. He said he didn't know light bulbs came in different socket sizes and he showed me light bulbs he had purchased that didn't fit hus lamps. They were roynd decorative bulbs with a small socket like a night light. I was taken back by his lack of this basic knowledge and thought I must have really overprotected this boy.
I said we have to run out to Walmart and get a few things including light bulbs. Since I'm an electrical engineer who never enjoyed writing software in college or my early work years and would say I am a real hardware engineer (antennas) I saw the perfect lead in to razz my son with the "how many software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb" question. He looked at me and said "None. Thats hardware." !!!
When I arrived his apartment was clean but Spartan. A young bachelor place. I noticed none of his lamps had any light bulbs in them and I asked him why. He said he didn't know light bulbs came in different socket sizes and he showed me light bulbs he had purchased that didn't fit hus lamps. They were roynd decorative bulbs with a small socket like a night light. I was taken back by his lack of this basic knowledge and thought I must have really overprotected this boy.
I said we have to run out to Walmart and get a few things including light bulbs. Since I'm an electrical engineer who never enjoyed writing software in college or my early work years and would say I am a real hardware engineer (antennas) I saw the perfect lead in to razz my son with the "how many software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb" question. He looked at me and said "None. Thats hardware." !!!