On Sunday 22 Feb 2015 17:52:23 Stephen Davies wrote: > No one taught me all this stuff. There are no University Courses or real > 'how to Text Books' on the subject. > > The job description does not fit into tidy little boxes. Some employers > and especially recruitment agencies just can't grok that you know all > this stuff. > You are the Jack of All trades. [...snip...] > I see no programmes out there that will even begin to skill up my > replacements. That is a problem that no one is even remotely trying to > solve.
I'm not sure I agree. I've worked most of my life as a consultant for small companies, getting thrown into projects involving tools and products I'd never heard of, but expected to learn it all quickly. Pretty much everyone I've worked with has had to do the same, because in a small company you can't afford to have anyone specialise. You may start as a 'developer', but after ten years of doing this your skill set is a lot broader. You don't get people like this by having a 'programme', but through experience in the field. If you can't learn in the field, then you probably shouldn't be doing this sort of thing anyway. If you want people like this, then you just need to know where to look. -- Be seeing you, Games: http://www.glendale.org.uk/ Sam. Posts: http://www.google.com/+SamuelPenn -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
