This is supposed to be a true story. I heard it from a teacher at a “continuing education” center where the company I worked for back in the day sent all its new engineering hires so they could learn the company way.
Once upon a time, there was a company that made twist drill bits. (A twist drill bit is the long, twisty thing that fits into a drill – the bit is the part that rotates and cuts a hole.) This company’s specialty was making very thin drill bits that could make very small holes. In fact, the company’s CEO often bragged that his company made the smallest-diameter drill bits in the world.
One day the CEO received an envelope in the mail. Inside the envelope he found one of his company’s smallest drill bits. A very tiny hole had been drilled through it.
Of course, this anecdote is not really about drill bits. The point it makes is to remember that if you brag that you’re the best at something, you should expect that sooner or later someone is going to call you on it.
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