> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 1:39 AM
> To: Peter Capelli
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: marketing hype
>
>
> Peter Capelli wrote:
> > I think that you are doing your clients a grave disservice by making
> > recommendations about products and technologies with which you have
> > limited experience. Your best bet is to refer your clients
> to another
> > firm that knows what they are doing. Best case, this is
> bad judgement.
> > Worst case, outright fraud.
>
> Nonsense. The only way fraud would come into the picture if he made
> bogus representations to the clients that were untrue. There is no
> indication that he has done so.
Bogus representations like, say, that he (or she) was a security expert?
He was asked to be a security expert. He said that he wasn't, but he
would take his clients money to make a recommendation. If I pay for a
security expert (or any other expert) to come in and help me, they
better know something about security!
>
> As far as bad judgement? Only if it is clear that he is not up to the
> task. And that does not appear to be the case.
In the original message, he said he had no experience except that of fw
installation.
>
> Have you ever been a consultant? I was one for several years. One
> of the more interesting parts of the job was that I was constantly
> called on to do things that I had never done before. I learned a
> hell of a lot keeping up with the demands of the job -- far more than
> if I'd sat back and refused to try to extend myself. The customers
> came out ahead, too, and they appreciated it.
This is true in a limited sense. You would not have been hired
if you didn't know what you were doing. You need a base set of
knowledge to do the job. As new requirements come up, new technologies
and techniques must be learned, I admit. But not on the customers
clock! You, when you were a consultant, should have been constantly
keeping up with new trends and technologies *on your own time*. That's
why people pay you! No ramp up time to learn new things, with no real
world experience to back it up. Now obviously, you can't know
*everything*, so of course some learning goes on at the customer site.
But not all!
For example, If you sold yourself to me as a security expert, I
hired you, and you showed up for the first day of work with a copy of
"Firewalls for Dummies", you'd be out of there! And yes, I'd seriously
consider civil charges for misrepresentation.
>
> Eric Johnson
>
Pete Capelli - NSEC - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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