On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Mark Tinka <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Monday 30 November 2009 07:13:54 pm brian muhumuza wrote: > > > i take the assumption that the scope is well defined i.e. > > server administration only and nothing like server > > administration + user support + networking + hardware > > repair + programming + other required competencies > > Well-defined scopes lead to robots. Robots become > specialized. Human robots become specialized and bored. Two > points for what bored humans have on their minds three- > quarters of the day... > > I didn't mean doing one thing when i said "a defined scope". what i wrote afterward was just an example. To me for any given defined scope , be it networking + hardware repair, IMHO experience will beat papers only, unless of course if the job in question is that of a tutor, i which case papers beat experience by a small margin. > > someone with experience can immediately get things done > > without necessarily knowing why things work the way they > > do. > > Are you sure that is what you want? Are you sure that is the > kind of skill you're looking to hire? > > Your assumption takes into account that things work the way > they are supposed to, first time, every time. If only the > networking world worked that way. > > you shouldn't also assume that some one without papers learns by trial and error. i'm quite sure most people on this list have extensive experience with linux and no paper to show for it but we still pick up linux material to read even if there's no certificate to be awarded afterward. > When reality trumps on the results you expect, you want to > have someone who knows "why" things work the way they do. > > Mark. > -- //MB
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