On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:45:39 +1000 "john rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Michael, > > Then by definition they are ipso facto, NOT "real" Geeks. :-) > > NB: In the weird world of Computers, the hierachy is very strict. > Techo's look down on the Marketeers, Programmers look down on both of > them and REAL Designers don't even acknowledge the existence of any of > the others except as nuisances on the long haul to PAI ( pure artificial > intelligence). > > BTW: There is a sub-group called "Customer Support Staff" and nothing > much is known about them.......... they are REALLY strange and like the > Big Bang Theory, the question is how the Support person became like > that.............. or were they that way inclined? > > Cheers, > > Him Again > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Viron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:06 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma. > > > > >4. Pro Geek. Makes an actual living as technician in the field. > > >Highly paid > > >for his (rarely her) work, if ANY good at all, due to general great > > >lack of > > >competence in the technical area. Always extremely busy. Extremely > > >poor communicators. Need to simply be given the job to do. Never ask > > >them questions. > > > > Not necessarily true -- there are some people who are making a living > > as a"technician" or more generally, in information technology, and are > > quite capable of communicating their ideas effectively in a way that > > "non-geeks" can understand. John, why don't you stop asking questions if you already know all the answers? Todd -- Todd Slater I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning. (Carl Rogers)
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