At 10:31 AM 8/29/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Dave Watts wrote: > > >> I find it odd that people in the field of programming are expected to be > >> so > >> different from people in other fields. Do most doctors, lawyers or > >> plumbers > >> practice their skills in their spare time? Why do we expect programmers > >> to > >> do so? Would you use that as a criteria when hiring any other > >> professional? > > > The good doctors, lawyers or plumbers keep up with whats current. Those > > who > > don't fail. > >I'm fairly certain that plubming tech. doesn't change anywhere near as >quickly as our industry. :)
I have heard that said before. But the reality is that, as a programmer (or developer), very little has changed in the theory of computer programming. The languages come and go, but the same principles can be applied to each language. The medium of delivery has changed for many applications since the Internet and WWW came into wide-scale use, however that doesn't change the concepts. Hardware seems to change a lot, but as a programmer (or developer), is it important that I am on top of the every weekly change? What is different than my computer today vs my computer ten years ago? More RAM, more storage space, more processing speed, etc... Nothing new, just better stuff. >IMHO, with dr's and lawyers, their industries >are at this point so hopelessly inundated with an over-abundance of >information ( most of it bad information ) that separating the wheat from >the shaff in order to figure out what is good and useful information and >hone their skills is a losing battle. As I see it, technology in general is >headed that direction also. :eek: I hope not. -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Need a Web Developer? Contact me! AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My CFMX Book: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225564/instantcoldfu-20> My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
