Gold Chainers and MCSEs

When I wrote the last post, I was trying to figure out what was with MCSEs. At least the clueless ones that I loathe, who really don't know much about computers but act like they do. (Not necessarily including you in this statement, Orca)

Then I stumbled across this post on Slashdot where a poster responded to someone complaining about SGI machines with something to the effect of, "this, this, and this are all FAQs and easily solved. You did not check the FAQs, did you?" Then he compared the parent poster with a "gold chainers". He describes Gold Chainers at "Lottery winners will abuse their high performance cars and then complain when something goes wrong ("stupid imported piece of junk!")."

Now, my experience with clueless MCSEs has also been that they are in it for the money (you even hear this on radio commercials saying how you can make $60K as an MCSE with no computer experience), and not because of a love of computers or an aptitude with them. I'm not sure if it's fair to call them "the Gold Chainers of the IT industry", but there certainly are some comparisons that can be made. Hmm, something to think about.