i know that the subject has been brought up as far as "sure we'll hire you' but i have a kid that i brought in totally fresh to do the job. what is the advantage? he learns from me and me only how to do the job right. disadvantage, he knows nothing. here is the gist of my topic: i set up a mainboard with a P-100 , 32MB 72 pin ram , cpu fan , external cache , AT and ATX power supply , PS/2 & AT keyboard, PS/2 & Serial Mouse, 1.44MB FDD , IDE CD-Rom , 2GB WD HDD , video card , network card , sound card , SCSI card , 2GB SCSI drive , USR win modem, win98 upgrade, win 95 full version, this web site address, a list of 8 static IP addresses to chose from for the network, a win 98 boot disk and all cables rquired to do the job. i am having him build the syatem from scratch then on to another board and parts. Question: what else should i throw at him (linux is not an option i wish to teach at thi point)?