It is absolutely true that there is a lot of laziness and incompetence floating around the industry. People don't want to take the time to really learn the material, and that's a serious problem.
But I think Carroll Kong said it best when she alluded to the fact that this kind of thing may be neither here nor there. Specifically, what does it really matter if you train and study hard if companies are just going to indiscriminately lay you off anyway? Or even if you're well-trained and educated and you still can't find anybody who wants to hire you? While you might take pride in the fact that you worked hard and gave it your 100% effort, in the final analysis, you still don't have a job. ""Leslie McIntosh"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Agreed! > > I would say there is only a handfull of us that have > had it up to here with the lack of training budget and > just built our own lab a the house. I dare say there > are fewer of us that actually try to learn this stuff > after work as well. > > Les > > > --- Carroll Kong wrote: > > At 09:51 PM 2/18/02 -0500, Kevin St.Amour wrote: > > >Just a thought. > > > Just as there is a glut of Fiber, I believe > > the market created a > > >glut of Tech works. I remember going to a > > Technical School, and before > > >slapping down 15k for a networking Degree in 1998 > > (BTW, the school went > > >under a year ago http://clcx.com ) I heard numbers > > like "This industry > > >will be behind 500k Tech workers due to lack of > > Skill by 2004...Get the > > >skills now.... (paraphrasing)" > > > > > >-Kevin > > > > Do not know about you, but on average, most of the > > guys I see in the > > industry are woefully inept and incompetent. I am > > shocked they get paid > > anything even close to the amount they do. If one > > thing is for certain, we > > definitely need BETTER guys out there. However, it > > seems like, most > > companies do not realize what good people are. Such > > a disparity only helps > > in the downturn. > > > > What is sad is, instead of appreciating technical > > ability and learning > > capacity, most companies are doing a fire sale and > > axing what few good > > people they have. While some of the incompetent > > upper management survive > > due to nepotism and what not. > > > > So, while I agree a downturn is occurring, I do NOT > > agree that there is an > > "oversupply" of qualified individuals. I would say > > 60-80% of the "IT" > > people I meet are inadequate. > > > > -Carroll Kong > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ===== > Leslie McIntosh > Network Engineer > CCNA, CNE, CNS, A+, Network+ Certified > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=35831&t=35611 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
