It's not what you know or even who you know. It's whether you know how to find AND USE what you need.
I would happily trade places for while with the CIO. She would have all of my resources at hand. I would have all of hers. How long would it take the world at large to notice the swap? . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] From: Tom Marchant <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 04/22/2014 10:48 AM Subject: Re: Sorry state of IT education? Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 07:39:55 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >I believe a well trained person, while being more expensive, can be more productive >with or without tools/books. And be able to give a good polished solution. I agree with most of what you write, but not the bit about being productive without books. I refer to IBM manuals every day, and my ability to work with the manuals is an asset. In fact, I would suggest that the single most important skill in this field is the ability to use the documentation to find the information that you need. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
