"Drennan, Richard" wrote:
>
> I can't believe what I am reading here. What kind of spitting match is
> this.
> If a person admits the fact that he/she is not a guru or even has limited
> experience in a certain area it sounds like your ready to lynch them.
>
> >
> > Eric Johnson wrote:
> For example, If you sold yourself to me as a security expert, I
> hired you, and you showed up for the first day of work with a copy of
> "Firewalls for Dummies", you'd be out of there! And yes, I'd seriously
> consider civil charges for misrepresentation.
You make it look like the quote is from me. It isn't.
> I don't know what world your from, but from my 15 years of experience
> dealing with military and federal agencies, I know that more than 50% of the
> time I'm hired to accomplish a task, the client usually comes back to me
> with requests that I don't have much experience with. They either don't
> have the funds to hire a "expert" in the field (of which I find the so
> called experts are usually below my limited level) or they specifically want
> myself or another member of my team due to their comfortablility level with
> the personnel. I highly doubt anyone would walk in with a "firewall for
> dummies" book after accepting such a highly skilled task. As for the
> reasons why the customers want a certain person to work on a particular
> project, whether or not he/she has the proper experience is NOT for you nor
> I to decide. As for civil charges, good luck. I think you need a reality
> check when you slam someone who is asking a serious question and your focus
> is on their skill sets. I think ego may play a big role in this don't you?
I agree with you. It was the same for me when I was a consultant. Most
of our customers preferred to deal with those they already trusted. For
example, once I was asked to design and write a medical billing system
in spite of the fact that I knew absolutely nothing about medical billing
systems. I finished the project on time and on budget. The billing system
was used without problems until the PDP-11 was replaced with another computer
several years later after the medical practice was sold.
Anyway, please attribute the quotes correctly.
Eric Johnson
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