Comment by Retric
9 hours ago
You’re assuming your individual tasks perfectly align with what’s best for the organizations which is rarely the case.
Having a less skilled worker is a tradeoff for getting one very specific task accomplished sooner, that might be worth it especially if you plan to quit soon but it’s hardly guaranteed.
That’s called basic judgement and prioritisation, which are valuable skills. The OP was effective at finding the right information they needed to solve the problem: In about an hour, the OP knew enough about PPP to fix the bug and submit a patch.
Whereas it's been all morning and you're still reading the RFC, and it's the wrong RFC anway.
I know who i'd hire.