Between a combination of work and avoiding tax by turning half my garden into alcohol (made over 20 gallons so far), I’m afraid I’ve been rather neglecting what’s going on in the world which makes updating here trickier.
so in the meantime do enjoy this fantastic post by White sun of the desert
“According to this article in the Daily Telegraph (H/T Tim Worstall), Williams F1 give potential employees a basic maths test and a lot of them are failing.
This is a remarkable coincidence, because for the past few months I have been part of a joint industry committee comprising several major oil companies which was tasked with coming up with a test to determine if potential employees are able to cope with the type of maths problems they can typically expect to encounter in the oil and gas industry. The test we came up with is undergoing final approval as we speak, but I have been authorised to offer a sneak preview to my readers. The test questions are below.
Q1. You are an Engineering Manager (staff, salaried) working in the concept phase of a major LNG project. Express as a fraction your salary divided by that of your Lead Process Engineer (contractor, day-rate).
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Go read the rest.
