Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 23:23 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> *Poof*. I'm really disillusioned about you, Michelle. OTOH, being
> reminded that highly technically adept people can still have lunatic
> political beliefs is reassuring; whenever I feel insecure about my
> conservative opinions due to the masses of staunch liberals who are
> experts in their fields, I just remember that expertise often doesn't
> carry over to areas outside of one's core competence.
I can sew and knit!
But Generalists in many things can do more than Specialists can in even
the core Specialty. I for one have shown many a "Specialist" faster and
easier ways to do things in their own specialty that they never even
thought to look for or do. Mainly I see things from a "System
Perspective", it is a curse for long term employment.
Many times it is frustrating to see Specialist requiring a HUGE amounts
of "special cases" when if they used the resources already available to
do the job things would be more compatible on updates and upgrades. More
like, they want a "Special Hand Made Long Handle 24oz Tuned Framing
Hammer" for doing general hammering, when a 20oz All steel claw hammer
with a molded rubber handle cover is available and does a better job for
trim and general nailing work.
It is more a forest and trees things. Well, seeing a field of pine
needles in spite of the pine trees making a forest.
--
greg, greg@gregfolkert.net
Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's
Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive
product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at
the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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