Damn fine point, Cameron.
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Michael Christensen <mich...@strib.dk > >wrote: > > > (I don't know if this is a particular Danish or European way to do things > > - seems that things might be a bit different in the US) > > > > ...or just the specific companies you've worked for in the past, regardless > of location. > > I would take this away from the conversation: Perhaps the least important > thing in this thread is your current employer's policies and procedures and > wether or not they are correct. the most important thing you can take away > from this thread (which I think you may already be taking from it), is what > YOUR skills need to be in order to remain employable into the future. > > Don't allow yourself to be one of those people who sit at the center of a > corporate environment for a decade, allowing your skillset to atrophy and > thinking that everything you see around you is "normal". Keep your eyes > open and learn what's going on outside those prison walls. Unless you plan > to retire in a few years, you are going to need to be employable by someone > else at some point in the future. Don't let things get to the point that > no-one will hire you because you let your skillset get hopelessly out of > date. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354260 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
