Is it too late for you to ask for a refund?
Yes, as a matter of fact, it is.
When I went to work for him, I was about 25 years old, and still wet behind the ears. Don was about 65, a distinguished, elderly, engineering hard-ass, who had cut his teeth as.a project manager (not an engineer, but a very practical, smart person) & then VP at Convair, in San Diego. A giant, successful aerospace company. An engineer's company.
He was an old school Republican, and I was a wild haired liberal from Boston, who had moved to San Diego right out of college.
I figured I was going to change his political / philosophical opinions about the world. One of us changed. It wasn't the one I had anticipated.
Don passed away about 15 years ago. Fortunately, I got several opportunities to drop back in & see him after I'd left the company. To thank him for being as demanding of me as he had been, and for being a great boss.
He was proud of my successes.
I was honored to know a fine, exceptionally competent, mentor.
Subsequently, I was the mentor for about 25 baby engineers, over 3 generations. That's the way it works in this profession. Some of my "kids" went on to do spectacular things. One was one of the finest, most successful engineers that Hewlett Packard had.
What on earth is your idiotic "ask for a refund" comment about?
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ready or is this where you trot out the cowardly "I'm not an a expert, I'm a clueless dolt" and dodge yet another question?