Well I don't feel you are disagreeing me....on the contrary I feel we are talking about the same thing....personally I have been used to reading manuals, references, specs since I was still in academic field....
however, when I was mentioning today's "team work" culture I was kind referring to a culture by and large.....today when you go for an interview, or when you take a professional test, you will not be gauged for how much you can do your job independently based on manuals, references,....the only thing you are gauged for is how much syntaxes you remember at that moment....I even had an experience with someone interviewing me asking me questions about formulas while himself was reading from a textbook in his hand, which means he was trying to test me for something obviously he was not qualified himself! Thanks Ron -----Original Message----- From: Colin Wetherbee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:04 PM To: Ronald Dai. Cc: modperl@perl.apache.org Subject: Re: return DECLINED or OK? Ronald Dai. wrote: > Actually RTFM would not be a problem for people from academic > background (meaning MS or PHD educated) at all since they have to do > it all the time....but for people with more team work background > these days, it might not be politically very correct... I disagree. Granted, I have a master's degree. But, let's say, as very nearly happened on another mailing list yesterday, someone installs database software and can't figure out how to create a database. I say go look at the manual and here's the specific URL that covers creating new databases. Now, that person knows where to look for information about creating a database, *and* that person also knows where to look for answers to future simple questions. If I had only told that person to type "createdb <your_database_name>", the manual never would have been involved, and that person would have emailed the list again for the next basic question that could have been answered by the manual. I didn't say "RTFM" in so many words (or letters), but the point was to give the user some reference material. Which, so far, seems to have worked. Colin
