Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 23rd May 2013

Dilbert//8804, first published thirteen years ago on Thursday 23rd May 2013

Tags

elevators ignorance (knowledge) overqualified incompetent phd easily stumped

Official transcript

Boss: I hired an overqualified yet incompetent guy to help on your project. Coworker: I was happily incompetent for years. Then I got my PhD and people started thinking I could do things. Okay, I'm stumped.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I HIRED AN OVERQUALIFIED YET INCOMPETENT GUY TO HELP ON YOUR PROJECT.

I WAS HAPPILY INCOMPETENT FOR YEARS.

THEN I GOT MY PH.D. AND PEOPLE STARTED THINKING I COULD DO THINGS.

OKAY, I'M STUMPED.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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