[wbill]

he claimed it was one of the best predictors he had found as to the effective problem solving an engineer could do.

I'm in IT. Particularly for entry-level tech work, I always ask how many computers the interviewee has at home.

"Zero" is the wrong answer.

"One" might be adequate, but needs a lot more questioning.

"Parts for Seventeen, Three of which actually work" is the winning answer.

[gjones77]

Yeah, we’d get along great, though my collection of parts has diminished due to family requests.

Though I still have 4 machines in the house as we speak since the addition of the media PC hooked up to my 50” Plasma.

Though back in the late 90’s early 2000’s I had enough parts to build Beowulf cluster floating around ;)

[nina0113]

Three that I *KNOW* will boot, two plastic tubs full of spare parts, and one that we actually use.

[jimmyray]

"Parts for Seventeen, Three of which actually work" is the winning answer.

lol!

[Salamander]

Do you count the ones [and/or parts for] in the attic that were scrounged from people who didn't want them any more and somebody wanted to hang onto them “just in case”?

[you just never know when Pentium 2s might make a comeback]

:)