Yep. No youngsters around that know this software. The youngest one I know is about 50 years old and he's tied up with another company.

And that's when you come back in as an advisor. A very EXPENSIVE advisor.

Happens all the time. Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant wrote an excellent article for NYT called "Speaking While Female." To quote NAWL commenter Liz Steuwe: Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant write, "Years ago, while producing the hit TV series 'The Shield,' Glen Mazzara noticed that two young female writers were quiet during story meetings. He pulled them aside and encouraged them to speak up more. 'Watch what happens when we do', they replied. Almost every time they started to speak, they were interrupted or shot down before finishing their pitch. When one had a good idea, a male writer would jump in and run with it before she could complete her thought. ... We’ve both seen it happen again and again. When a woman speaks in a professional setting, she walks a tightrope. Either she’s barely heard or she’s judged as too aggressive. When a man says virtually the same thing, heads nod in appreciation for his fine idea. As a result, women often decide that saying less is more."

Interesting, and thank you for that explanation. Today I learned something new.

You're welcome! It's very interesting, I love what I do

And that guy didn't understand that? Sheesh! Eons ago, I taught operating systems for outside corporate employees. I wrote a manual for the class that was so detailed they could use it as a reference afterwards. For all the work I put into it, one of the students said, "I wouldn't have needed to take the class. All I would have needed was the class manual." ... and just how did he think he could get his hands on the manual? I wasn't handing them out for free. Whattamaroon.

Haha! Whattaidiot!!! What this engineer didn't understand is the pressure differential. The pressure downstream of the leach needs to be slightly higher than upstream to drive the heating. He wanted to know what the input was. I explained pressure differential but he wouldn't accept the answer until a man said it. Rolled his eyes, huffed and puffed.... It's exhausting!

Atmospheric pressure is a self-equalizing system. In aerodynamics, pressure differential creates lift. Flash train is the same concept. I was married for 2 decades to a PhD electrical engineer. We once had a family of mice in our house. They got in through a hole in a board just under the backdoor behind the cement steps. I told him to nail a board over the hole from inside the basement. He came back from the hardware store not with a board but a tub of cement patching. He put a 'roof' over the gap between the steps and the door threshold but left the sides open. I clapped a hand over my mouth and went back inside. Within the hour, he took off for his "boys day" with his other PhD buddies. He got back later than usual. I found him chiseling the 'roof' off the steps. Afterwards, he nailed a board over the hole. Apparently, nailing a board only counted if his male PhDs said it. For what it's worth, he did admit his first attempt was stupid but still gave me zero credit.