I asked my instructor about sims day 1. After a very long pause, he said "You're a [computer]programmer right?" I replied yes. He then pointed at the airplane we were pre-flighting and explained, "That ain't a computer."
Later on, when I guess he was feeling a little more amenable, he said to hold off on the sims until I was ready to pursue my IFR.
I figure, Hey! I'm payin' him for what he knows... so I do what he says.
...and I wait for him to ask me about his computer
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