By the same token, I once worked for a company where the director
(manager, whatever I forget his exact title) of the web development
department wanted to get rid of someone who wouldn't ask questions. He'd
easily spend 6-8 hours on a problem without making any progress or
headway. I guess the trick is knowing when to ask questions.
At 10:39 AM 03/09/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> > Who says he's a professional developer, or that anyone even pays him to
> > write code? Damned glad to see you'd know how to handle the situation,
> > though.
>
>It's still easier to look into documentation for something that simple than
>to ask a list which can take 5-10 minutes (at a minimum to respond)
>
>We have actually got rid of a developer who never looked in books or on-line
>documentation and asked for help about everything
>A typical question was "How do I change the background color on a page?"
>when they were meant to know HTML
>
>I can understand asking questions which aren't readily available in the
>documentation within a few minutes of searching, but asking questions like
>this is just plain lazy
>
>Philip Arnold
>Director
>Certified ColdFusion Developer
>ASP Multimedia Limited
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