> From: Brett Lorenzen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 6:36 AM
>
>
> Gill, Kathy wrote:
>
> > > Education is to teach critical thinking, not checklist skills.
> Someone
> > > with a solid education can pick up IT tasks rather simply if they have
> > > good critical thinking skills.
> > >
> > Is it? I thought it existed to turn out drones w/skills demanded by
> whomever
> > is the major employer in the area <g>. [please read the previous w/
> sarcasm
> > on]
>
> <sarcasm>
> <sarcasm>
>
> Oh, sure, expect the user to correct your HTML for you. Proper form is:
>
> <sarcasm>blah,blah,blah</sarcasm>
>
<chuckle>
It was an afterthought -- we have new folks on the list and I wasn't sure if
they would know I was being sarcastic!
</chuckle>
> > > The problem here, it would seem, is really assuming that computer
> geeks
> > > have to major in computer geekiness to count in the measurement. Same
> > > problems those complaining about a lack of qualified "computer
> > > professionals" in this country seem to experience . . . . ;)
> > >
> > but Brett, you know if makes the decision matrix much easier if you can
> just
> > say "check, this skill is in" --
>
> Yes, and I am also aware I was webmaster for a company that was actually
> making software to help companies test you right into those nice niches
> out of high school, and I left without negligently leaving a gas can and
> a lit rag in the server room . . .
>
And for that, we may never forgive you!
> I actually talked to a cabbie with an MCSE yesterday. Had yet to
> connect a single network to anything outside of the simulation
> environment, and he had three offers already . . .
>
Gag. Actually, the guys I'm sitting w/now are all going thru MSFT
certification. They are "working jocks" OK and have had to study their butts
off for the exams, which they report as being tough. Hard to imagine passing
w/no experience, unless you just have a photographic memory.
> Qualified, my tush :P
>
> Did you really mean to say "makes the decision [maker's job] much
> easier" . . .? Can see how that could be confused with "matrix". <G>
>
But don't they use a matrix to make those decisions <g>?
> >
> > Has ANYONE else on the list read _The Deadline_ yet???? Do I need to
> send
> > copies to people so others can quote/reference it???
>
> *hee hee* I'm sending it to all my old bosses (and a few of their
> bosses) as an anonymous Xmas present.
>
>
>
Well, as I mentioned in relief to Mike's post -- at least now I know why I
bought it! It is destined to be a classic like the Mythical Man Month.
Kathy
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