Not I. I was only pointing out a flaw in the "IT can't be professional/ethical without a governing board" argument that was being put forth.
John Matteson Geac Corporate ISS (404) 239 - 2981 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:57 PM Posted To: Exchange Discussion List Conversation: Deckler wrote a book?!? Subject: RE: Deckler wrote a book?!? And you'd pay all this money just so that state board could aggressively ignore all violations of standards as medical boards typically do. Ed --- John Matteson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So to draw a parallel to the world of doctors, you > want: > > A state licensing board for an IT guy/gal to call > themselves an > IT guy/gal. > A state licensing board for every subspecialty of > IT > (programming, systems admin, network design, network operations, mail > (Netscape), mail (Exchange), mail (isocor), etc. > A state association that you MUST may association > dues to, or > face being listed "not in good standing" in their > directory. > > (repeat above for each and every state that you > want to practice > your trade in, whether in person or via > tele-presence). > > Not for me, thanks. > > John Matteson > Geac Corporate ISS > (404) 239 - 2981 > Atlanta, Georgia, USA. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Wampler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Posted At: Monday, September 15, 2003 9:30 AM > Posted To: Exchange Discussion List > Conversation: Deckler wrote a book?!? > Subject: RE: Deckler wrote a book?!? > > > maybe i'm missing something here, but i just read > that ethics thing and > it looks like this to me > > if you ask 100 people on the street who is more > professional a doctor or > it guy, probably everyone would say doctor > > ergo if it people want to be considered as > professional as doctors and > get paid similar salaries then we need to create a professional > governing body and not have silly things like > "microsoft" certification > > that would be the equivalent of having "pfizer" > certification as a > doctor, which dont make no sense > > obviously there are some strong feelings about some > past history that i > have no idea about but the ethics piece looks like a > sound argument to > me > > > > Same old bag of gas. "IT consultants are all > unprofessional except > > for me." > > > > > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked > Backups!T > > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
