Allan:
I agree with you. Its the critical thinking skills. Some can be taught and others I feel are in-breed. Regards, Scott From: Staller, Allan Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 8:15 AM To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List I do no denigrate anyone for lack of knowledge. I denigrate the educational establishment for teach students "what to think" instead of "how to think. The point of the article is the lack of problem solving skills. <snip> > I imagine this is the norm for today because a well-educated, intelligent, > worker costs a lot more than a pre-programmed drone. > As a result, the industry is now flooded with hundreds of thousands of IT > professionals fully capable of performing procedures they've been taught, but > incapable of thinking through a problem. I personally take offense to the "drone" bashing. Because I'm a "drone" now, apparently. All of these comments seem to be from the perspective of higher ups and folks who've had - years-of experience on the mainframe. It simply isn't fair to expect the same depth of knowledge from a (relatively) newcomer. Without a doubt, the technology that is mainframe, is massive. It's not sane to expect some 100,000 manuals get cooked right into an IT professional, when most of the folks on this (& elsewhere) list have acquired the knowledge over years of beating on their craft. You ought to consider the conditions under which we're working/learning. When a service provider takes up your IT infrastructure service support, there's a reason that it's achievable at just x% of what it cost earlier. No points for figuring out where that money is cut out from. - Vignesh Mainframe Admin </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
