On Sep 9, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Tom Schmidt wrote:
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I partially disagree -- a good sysprog needs four legs, not just
the three you
mentioned. The fourth leg is a very strong innate curiousity.
Without that,
you may spend a lot of money, time and patience on someone
unwilling to
open the books, manuals, or even videos in order to learn the craft.
I have seen several such "sysprog-wannabe" employees in my day and
have
learned not to waste much of my time or energy on them.
I suspect that many of the rest of you have noticed that over the
years.
(Maybe you are just too polite to mention it here? Seems somewhat
unlikely
given the tone of the list of late.)
Tom:
I really agree with you. I have seen many a sysprog wanna be's sit
back and want the world served up to them.
I walked into one place and 3 out of the 3 sysprogs were exactly like
that. It took 2 years to get rid of them but it was worth it. They
had no interest whatsoever in learning. Early on I had one come up up
to me and ask a question that should have gotten him fired on the
spot. I handed him a manual and told him to look it up. He was too
lazy to and tried an end run. I walked up to him while he was asking
someone else and I asked him if he couldn't find the answer in the book.
He spent his entire day scheduling volley ball beach games. Between
the boss and myself it took 1 year to get rid of him.
Ed
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