ChairmanoftheBoard,
Don't take this the wrong way but maybe the eason you did it hard was because you come off as being an arrogant son of a bitch! Sh#t! You sound like my grandfather..."back when I was a boy I had to walk 20kms to school..." Don't dare knock someone for having a go. I'd be willing to bet money that if a company employed you and the newbie at the same time, you'd be sacked first for your attitude alone.