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Re: Professional or Not (was Database Design)

From: Mark D Powell <Mark.Powell_at_eds.com>
Date: 8 Jan 2004 05:49:58 -0800
Message-ID: <2687bb95.0401080549.59552ebb@posting.google.com>


Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1073530237.482345_at_yasure>...
> Joel Garry wrote:
>
> > Mark.Powell_at_eds.com (Mark D Powell) wrote in message news:<2687bb95.0401071137.3099bdb5_at_posting.google.com>...
> >
> >
> >>Experience far outweighs any certification. The appearance of other
> >>work related skills usually are more important the any specific IT
> >>knowledge since almost any IT skill can be learned by an experienced
> >>person in a fairly short period of time. Many business related
> >>knowledge areas take far longer to learn.
> >
> >
> > I agree, except have to point out that some old dogs really can't
> > learn new tricks.
>
> This reminds me of a comment I heard a colleague make after a job
> interview that didn't go so well for the candidate.
>
> "Some people have 15 years of experience. Others have 1 year of
> experience 15 times."

I will have to remember that last phrase; there is a fair amount of truth to it.

IMHO -- Mark D Powell -- Received on Thu Jan 08 2004 - 07:49:58 CST

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