A lot to learn, and it's all above his pay grade

It's back in the early days of this pilot fish's career, and he's attending a week-long IT conference put on by a big computer user group.

"Wanting to learn as much as possible, I attended the conference from morning until late at night, and made a point to meet and chat with as many people as possible," says fish.

"The sessions ended early one day in preparation for a trip to a local amusement park. Back at my hotel, I hit the bar for a quick lunch. Chatting with one of the other guys there who had obviously been there for a while, I found out he was also attending the conference -- he had been an attendee over the past several years.

"When I asked which sessions he would suggest for the next day, he responded, 'My employer doesn't pay me enough to attend the sessions.'

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