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[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Was it that hard to reach out to me and ask if I wanted the rest of my order instead of holding it up for a week?

When they get hundreds, if not thousands, of orders in the span of a few days? Yes, it is that hard. This is not a massive corporation we're talking about, but rather a small business in their busiest time of year. Be pro-active about your orders.

Originally Posted by sanddrag

While it is an important skill to design around COTS parts and pick them out of a catalog, it's a more valuable skill to learn how to come up with the parts that are in the catalog.

Says who?
And who says you still can't learn both skills?
And who says that using COTs components can't teach how to create the parts in a catalog?
And who says we should be teaching skills rather than inspiring?