John Doty wrote: > On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:56 AM, Joerg wrote: > >> Back then we had much more time to be a generalist than today. > > Thinking that way is a trap. You turn easy problems into difficult > ones because you perceive you need a team for even a very simple job, > if it crosses your completely arbitrary specialty boundaries. >
Thing is, my jobs aren't simple. I cannot possibly build a whole ultrasound machine or a complete aircraft all by myself. > There's more to learn than there was, but the resources for learning > are much more extensive and effective than they were. A professional > needs to study something every day to avoid becoming obsolete. > > And besides, a lot of the sharp, simple tools come from "back then". > Like regular expressions... > Or Orcad-SDT :-) Seriously, that was IMHO perfect. But only for DOS :-( -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user