"" Riley"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Wow, Chuck, way to suck the life out of the economy and our futures...oh, > wait, that was due to the bubble popping lo all those years ago. For an > assessment of networking futures, let's turn to Lovecraft...(thanks to > www.Cthulhu.org) > > "It seemed to be a sort of monster, or symbol representing a monster, of a > form which only a diseased fancy could conceive. If I say that my somewhat > extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a > dragon, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of > the thing. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body > with rudimentary wings; but it was the general outline of the whole which > made it most shockingly frightful. " > > We know the pulpy head has been popped... > > Sadly, though, I believe that you are right on the money...networking and > its advanced features are becoming more point-button simple. I figure that > we got about 10 years at the most before the bottom truly drops out and > networking becomes as simple and mindless as programming your VCR or > TiVo...you don't need assistance anymore. > > As far as for myself, I am currently working on developing my people skills > as I do want to attain senior greeter status...the handing out balloons and > talking is really tripping me up...does anyone want to form a study group > with me to study that? > > Charles
Charles, I for one, have missed your presence on this group. I trust Paul has singed you up for a long term engagement. :-> > > > > ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The Road Goes Ever On wrote: > > > > > > ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in > > > message > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Someone also just sent me a URL to this newspaper article > > > that points out > > > > the importance of learning business practices, not just > > > particular > > > > technologies. It's a good read: > > > > > > > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/789/3936460.html > > > > > > > > > > An interesting artivcle, and one with some nuggets of good > > > advice, > > > particularly for those new to the business cycle. For those who > > > have been > > > seeing articles like this over the past twenty years or so, > > > this article > > > reinforces good advice, much along the lines that NRF has > > > offered in other > > > threads that appear regularly on Groupstudy. Good advice is > > > timeless, and > > > the advice in this article, which reiterates similar outlooks > > > as have > > > appeared in the business press over the past couple of decades > > > remains true. > > > > > > Way back when I was learning things and formulating my own > > > technology > > > philosophy, I was blown away by three things I read - Peter > > > Keens book > > > Competing in Time, Paul Strassman's book The Business Value of > > > Computers, > > > and an obscure article written by an economist working for the > > > Chicago > > > Federal Reserve Bank. Each of these sources in its own way says > > > similar > > > things from a higher level. The Fed study was a short and > > > simple one, but of > > > all the business sources I have read, still seems the most > > > relevant. The > > > gist of the study was that investment in infrastructure yielded > > > high returns > > > in productivity. The author was reporting on government > > > investment in > > > physical infrastructure such as roads, water treatement, and > > > the like, but a > > > clever studentworking towards his master degree while going to > > > night school > > > ran with that theme and wrote a master's thesis which earned him > > > departmental honors. > > > > Was that you? :-) Sounds interesting. > > > > Thanks for commenting on the article. I thought it made some good points. > > > > Priscilla > > > > > > > > > > Anyone in the technology field, whether it be IT Management, > > > Consulting, or > > > even something as seemingly mundane as sales, should ALWAYS be > > > aware of the > > > business value of technology. Over the past 15 years or so it > > > has been > > > technology which has driven productivity. > > > > > > The dark side is that technology changes, and has a way of > > > becoming more > > > appliance like, meaning that what as skilled labor yesterday is > > > out of the > > > box tomorrow. Thin about it. All you folks who are AVVID > > > experts and > > > therefore in high demand. How long before AVVID is nothing more > > > than another > > > PBX, and routers self configure for QoS? Think the telco > > > employee who drives > > > the truck and installs your DSL is making 100K? not likely. > > > > > > So yes - keep your skills up to date, so you don't end up like > > > the guy in > > > the article. My own opinion is that one must always consider > > > the value to > > > business for any skill set one pursues. > > > > > > JMHO > > > > > > NRF - your comments are always welcome on topics such as these. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70887&t=70887 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
